Citation

Omar WAW, Bakar NLA. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2020; 16: 81-83.

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(Copyright © 2020)

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Abstract

Trigeminal neuralgia is a debilitating disease that can lead to depression and even suicide. Trigeminal neuralgia is usually treated using carbamazepine; however, many patients are refractory to such medical treatment. Thus, other treatment modalities are required, such as physical treatment and dry needling. The objective of this case report is to describe the management of trigeminal neuralgia in a 35 years old Malay housewife, who had left side atypical trigeminal neuralgia involving V2 region in the last four years, which was refractory to medical treatment. The application of Malay massage, combined with dry needling executed along the distribution of trigeminal nerve showed an improvement of pain on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) from 7-8/10 to 0-1/10 after 11 sessions. Therefore, Malay massage combined with dry needling can be used as a non-pharmaceutical approach to managing trigeminal neuralgia. © 2020 UPM Press. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Dry needling; Massage; Trigeminal neuralgia