TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
Clinical information, patient evidence and collaboration for health professionals, researchers and educators.
TNA UK works with healthcare professionals, researchers, educators and organisations to improve understanding, diagnosis, treatment, professional education and patient experience in trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain. We welcome professional enquiries, collaboration and research partnerships from the UK and internationally.
respondents in our published 2024–25 Patient Experience Survey
Medical Advisory Board support for professional information and engagement
lived experience, surveys and support-service insight informing our work
UK-based, with professional and research collaboration welcomed internationally
This hub is designed for professionals involved in recognising, diagnosing, treating, researching or supporting people with trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain.
Recognising TN, distinguishing red flags and supporting appropriate referral and ongoing care.
Patient experience, diagnosis, treatment pathways, research and professional education.
Patient information, MVD resources, lived experience and collaborative education.
Resources on dental pain, differential diagnosis and avoiding unnecessary dental intervention.
Practical patient support, communication, medicines in daily life and multidisciplinary care.
Patient involvement, surveys, recruitment engagement, partnerships and professional education.
Use these routes to move directly to TNA’s strongest information and evidence pages. Our resources support professional understanding and patient conversations; they do not replace clinical judgement, national guidance or local pathways.
Why TN can be mistaken for toothache and what matters in dental assessment.
Patient-focused information on microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia.
Surveys, lived experience and research partnerships shaped with patients.
We welcome contact from clinicians, researchers, universities, hospitals, professional bodies, educators and organisations working to improve care, evidence and understanding of trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain.
We can help connect professional questions with patient experience, support appropriate patient involvement, discuss research engagement and contribute to education and awareness activity where this is within our remit.
TNA UK’s Medical Advisory Board supports the charity’s clinical understanding and professional engagement. Its Co-Chairs are Dr Giorgio Lambru, Consultant Neurologist, and Mr Sinan Barazi, Consultant Neurosurgeon.
The wider Board brings expertise from across neurology, neurosurgery, pain medicine and dentistry.
Aneeta Prem MBE, CEO of TNA UK, leads the charity’s patient advocacy, professional engagement, research participation and public awareness work.
Her role is to bring patient experience and the realities of living with trigeminal neuralgia into conversations with clinicians, researchers, decision-makers and the wider public. Clinical advice and medical information remain within the appropriate professional remit.
TNA UK is a UK charity, but trigeminal neuralgia has no borders. We welcome professional enquiries and appropriate collaboration from clinicians, researchers, universities, hospitals, professional organisations and educators in the UK and internationally.
If your work could improve diagnosis, treatment, patient experience, education or the evidence base for TN and facial pain, we want professionals to know how to reach us.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a facial pain condition involving the trigeminal nerve. Attacks are typically sudden, severe and often shock-like. Diagnosis is clinical and assessment should consider other causes of facial pain.
Yes. TN can be felt in the teeth, jaw or gums and may initially be interpreted as toothache. Dental professionals have an important role in recognising when the pain pattern does not fit a dental cause and when further medical assessment may be appropriate.
TNA’s MVD guide explains microvascular decompression in patient-focused language and links surgery information with patient experience. It should be used alongside specialist assessment and clinical guidance.
Yes. We welcome appropriate conversations about patient involvement, research engagement, professional education and collaboration. Contact us early so we can understand the proposal, its governance and what involvement is being requested.
TNA UK is based in the United Kingdom, but we welcome professional and research contact from other countries where there is a clear connection to improving understanding, care, evidence or education in trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain.
Use our contact page and identify your professional role, organisation, country and reason for getting in touch. This helps us route the enquiry to the right person.
Whether you are a clinician, researcher, university, hospital, professional body or educator, we want it to be easy to find the right route into TNA UK.
