Trigeminal neuralgia

The use of EHF therapy for the treatment of this disease is primarily due to the ability of EHF waves to relieve pain, as well as their anti-inflammatory and immunostimulating effects.

Indications

Mono EHF therapy is used in patients of stage 1-2, in patients of stage 2-3 with a severe course of the disease, it is recommended to use combined with traditional therapy.

Used HF emitters

Frequency 40-43 GHz, wavelength 7.1 mm (red).
Noise-frequency 52-78 GHz (yellow).

Emitters are selected individually for each patient.

Treatment regimen

During the session, 5-10 minutes are applied to each point(no more than 20 minutes). in total), where pain is noted. In total, 10-15 sessions are performed until the pain syndrome completely disappears.

Localization

The point of impact:

  • the area of the skin projection of the exit points of the branches of the trigeminal nerve, in the zone of innervation of which there is a pain syndrome;
  • when the eye nerve is affected (the first branch) – on the brow arch in the area of the upper orbital fissure of the skull;
  • with the defeat of the maxillary nerve (the second branch);
  • center of the pterygoid fossa;
  • when the mandibular nerve is affected (the third branch) — the area of the chin opening of the lower jaw.

Control

The main method of monitoring the effectiveness of EHF therapy in this disease is the patient’s subjective feelings-a decrease or disappearance of pain.

Contraindications

Absolute contraindications have not been identified (see General contra-indications for EHF-therapy).

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