Trigeminal Neuralgia Association HomeTNA StorePatient SupportLearning CenterHealthcare ProvidersRegisterMake a Donation
User: Login or Register
border border
Google
 
We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health
information:
verify here.
border
   
 

Sample Face Pain Chart

   
 

# means pain level on 0-10 pain scale   

(October)

Right Ear:

Triggers- wind, talking, eating, smiling, loud music, bright lights, applying make up.

Description of Pain: Stabbing, Sharp knife, deep in ear. Sometimes burning.

Frequency: frequent. Varies by location.

#: sometimes 5 , 10, 7

                                                             

Left Ear:

Triggers: wind, talking, smiling, chewing, laughing, bright lights, applying makeup, loud music, talking, anything cold in my mouth.

Description: Stabbing, Deep in my ear, sharp knife. Rarely burns.

Frequency: Almost constant.

#: almost always 7 sometimes 10

                                                             

Right Cheek:

Triggers: applying makeup, talking, eating, smiling, crying, wind, anything cold in my mouth.

Description: sharp quick stab, sometimes constant for periods of time.

Frequency: frequent

#: 8 when it comes quickly, when it is constant varies from 4 to 10

                                                             

Left Cheek:

Triggers: applying makeup, talking, eating, smiling, crying, wind.

Description: quick stab, rarely constant

Frequency: not very much. Comes when triggers get more sensitive

#: 7

                                                             

Right Jaw:

Triggers: chewing, talking, touching, wind, and brushing my teeth.

Description: feels like someone is taking a knife and pulling it down my jaw.

Frequency: frequent

#: 6

                                                             

Left Jaw:

Triggers: chewing, nothing, talking, touching, wind, smiling, laughing, touching, anything cold in my mouth.

Description: feels like someone is taking a knife and pulling it down my jaw. And sometimes I get just a quick stab.

Frequency: very frequent

#: 8

                                                             

Forehead:

Triggers: nothing, smiling, laughing

Description: feels like someone is attaching me and keeps stabbing my forehead with a knife.

Frequency: frequent, depends on triggers.

#: 6

                                                             

Right Throat:

**Never used to have a lot of pain in Right throat but now I do.

Triggers: swallowing, laughing, crying, nothing.

Description: feels like a knife is being dragged down my throat. Sometimes I just get a quick stab though.

Frequency: very frequent

#: 8

                                                             

Left Throat:

** over time just got a little bit of throat pain but now it is almost constant

Triggers: swallowing, laughing, crying, spontaneous

Description: feels like a knife is being dragged down my throat. Sometimes I just get a quick stab though.

Frequency: very frequent, almost constant.

#: 7, 8, 9

                                                             

 Right Eyebrow:

* rarely get pain here

Triggers: spontaneous, laughing, smiling

Description: quick stab

Frequency: rarely

#: 3

                                                             

Left Eyebrow:

* More pain developed over time here.

Triggers: smiling, laughing, chewing, talking, wind

Description :stabbing, sharp

Frequency: frequent

#: 7, 8

                                                             

Right Temple:

Trigger: talking, smiling, spontaneous

Description: dull, achy

Frequency: sometimes I get it a lot, other times I don’t

#: 6-10

                                                             

Left Temple:

Trigger: spontaneous,  talking, chewing

Description: quick stab

Frequency: rarely, but it comes and goes.

#: 7

                                                             

Behind right ear lobe

Triggers: touching that are with my hand

Description: quick stab

Frequency: frequent

#: 7

                                                             

Behind left ear lobe

Triggers: touching

Description:  stabbing

Frequency: rare

# 6

                                                             

Lip: developed over time

Trigger: spontaneous

Description: quick stab, sometimes constant

Frequency: rarely

#:

*Most of my pain is sharp stabbing, knife like. That is what I get most of the time. With the exception of my temple where the pain is dull and achy.

 *When I wash my face the water has to be warm, other wise it causes pain. All over my face each time it is different.

* Sometimes the pain goes from my ear down my jaw, and into my throat. This happens on both sides of my face.