Katie,

MS often produces TN symptoms. Essentially, you are getting a demylenation same as us, but, unlike us, you get it in all kinds of places. Ours is just more specific to the face. Altough the causes of MS are poorly understood, some causes have been identified. Mainly, it is thought to be due to infections whereas TN is typically due to a blood vessle compressing a particular nerve. TN has also been linked to viral damage, oral surgery damage, tumor compression, and other physiological damage, but infection is considered a low probability for TN. Common to TN is that damage is non-progressing and largely reversible, whereas MS tends to be progressive and far less reversible.

For better information on MS, try: http://www.multiplesclerosis.com/adm...id=9&zoneid=35

Bob S

PS, welcome to the forum.