title: Prevalence of trigeminal neuralgia in Al-Quseir city (Red sea Governorate), Egypt.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Trigeminal neuralgia or tic douloureux is sometimes described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of trigeminal neuralgia among the population of Al-Quseir city.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study forms a part of door to door survey of major neurological disorders in Al-Quseir city, Red sea governorate, Egypt. The total population (33,285 persons) were screened through door to door (every door) by three specialists of Neurology and fifteen female social workers. Then, positive cases were subjected to clinical and neurological examination by other three staff members of neurology. Cases were identified as suffering from trigeminal neuralgia according to the diagnostic criteria of the International headache society (IHS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified 4 female patients out of 13,541 persons (aged 30 years and more) suffering from trigeminal neuralgia with age specific prevalence rate of 29.5/100,000. Co-morbid depression and hypertension were observed among the affected persons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hamdy N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: El-Tallawy
authors.forename: Wafaa M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Farghaly
authors.forename: Tarek A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rageh
authors.forename: Ghaydaa A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdel Hakeem M
authors.forename: Reda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badry
authors.forename: Mahmoud R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kandil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015897:Comorbidity; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Co-morbidities; Prevalence; Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)