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Geniculate neuralgia is a painful condition caused when a blood vessel presses against a small nerve, called the nervus intermedius, producing a sharp, stabbing pain deep in the ear. Some patients describe it as “an ice pick in the ear.” Although usually sudden and intense, ...

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia causes severe, electric shock-like pain in the ear and/or throat when the cranial nerve, called the glossopharyngeal nerve, is compressed. The condition can be triggered by either a blood vessel pushing on the nerve, a tumor at the base of the skul ...

Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder resulting in frequent uncontrollable muscular contractions on one side of the face. It often begins as uncontrollable twitching around the eye and may spread to the lower facial muscles. The mouth may droop to one side. The condit ...

Trigeminal neuralgia causes severe pain in the face or head, typically triggered by the constricting of a nearby blood vessel, which puts pressure on the nerve. Shooting pain is felt in the eye, lips, nose, scalp, forehead, cheek or jaw. Attacks may occur spontaneously or du ...