- Trigeminal neuralgia may not be life threatening but the severity of pain leads to incapability of performing daily life activities.
- Increased risk of permanent nerve damage
- Living with Trigeminal Neuralgia becomes so excruciatingly difficult that patients may go into depression
- Pain increases on eating so, many times that people become afraid to eat and eventually lose weight.
- Slightest disturbance during sleep triggers pain causing the patient to wake up from the sleep several times.