Open AccessSupraorbital neuralgia
Author(s) -
Vasudha Jadhav,
D.B. Patil,
Manohar Mane
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.126346
Subject(s) - supraorbital nerve , medicine , forehead , neuralgia , nerve block , gabapentin , anesthesia , surgery , neuropathic pain , alternative medicine , pathology , reflex , corneal reflex
Supraorbital neuralgia is one of the rare types of neuralgias where there is persistent pain in the supraorbital region and forehead with occasional sudden shocklike paresthesia in the distribution of the supraorbital nerve. The primary treatment is identification and removal of anything causing compression over the supraorbital nerve. A brief trial of simple analgesics alone or in combination with gabapentin should be considered for patients who do not respond to the above-mentioned treatments. Supraorbital nerve block using local anesthetics and steroids is the next step