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  2. Trigeminal neuralgia - Wikipedia

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    All destructive procedures will cause facial numbness, post relief, as well as pain relief. [ 42 ] Percutaneous techniques which all involve a needle or catheter entering the face up to the origin where the nerve splits into three divisions and then damaging this area, purposely, to produce numbness but also stop pain signals.

  3. Atypical trigeminal neuralgia - Wikipedia

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    The pain frequently involves areas of the head, face, and neck that are outside the sensory territories that are supplied by the trigeminal nerve. It is important to correctly identify patients with AFP since the treatment for this is strictly medical. Surgical procedures are not indicated for atypical facial pain." [8] [citation needed]

  4. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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    The causes of hypnic jerk are yet unclear and under study. None of the several theories that have attempted to explain it have been fully accepted. [ 9 ] One hypothesis posits that the hypnic jerk is a form of reflex , initiated in response to normal bodily events during the lead-up to the first stages of sleep, including a decrease in blood ...

  5. Rhythmic movement disorder - Wikipedia

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    leg rolling, where one or both legs are moved laterally. leg banging, where one or both legs are moved in a back and forth direction. a combination of the aforementioned symptoms [2] The majority of affected individuals have symptoms that involve the head, and the most common symptom is head banging.

  6. Hemifacial spasm - Wikipedia

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    Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by irregular, involuntary muscle contractions on one side (hemi-) of the face (-facial). [1] The facial muscles are controlled by the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve), which originates at the brainstem and exits the skull below the ear where it separates into five main branches.

  7. Anesthesia dolorosa - Wikipedia

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    Mesencephalotomy is the damaging of the junction of the trigeminal tract and the periaqueductal gray in the brain, and has produced pain relief in a group of patients with cancer pain; but when applied to six anesthesia dolorosa patients, no pain relief was achieved, and the unpleasant sensation was in fact increased.

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  9. Synkinesis - Wikipedia

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    Facial synkinesis is a common sequela to Idiopathic Facial Nerve Paralysis, also called Bell's Palsy or Facial Palsy. [2] Bell's Palsy, which is thought to occur due to a viral reactivation which can lead (through unknown mechanisms) to diffuse axon demyelination and degeneration of the seventh cranial nerve, results in a hemifacial paralysis due to non-functionality of the nerve.