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neuralgia

Sharp or burning pain originating in a nerve and spreading over its area of distribution. Trigeminal neuralgia, a common form, is a severe pain on one side of the face.



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1-3) Ramsey Hunt syndrome type I is known as herpes zoster oticus, geniculate neuralgia, and nervus intermedius neuralgia.
In its most typical form, geniculate neuralgia is characterized by severe paroxysmal neuralgic pain centered directly in the ear.
 
 
 
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