Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Face

Pat struggled with Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN) of the Face after Shingles for four years. The headaches and pain were constant and she could no longer travel or go out with friends. Through a Facebook support group she found Dr. Demetrio Aguila, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon. Her anatomy was unusual and her case complex but Dr. Aguila was able to completely eliminate her pain. Watch her story and learn more about relief for PHN.

PAT It was so worth it. I hope that anyone who has Postherpetic Neuralgia of the face will find Dr. Aguila because your life is going to change dramatically. I am Pat from Windsor, Colorado.

Dr. Aguila: Pat originally came to us due to Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Face. She had chronic pain in her face from Shingles. She was miserable. What made her case unusual is that it didn't just involve the forehead or just one area, but it seemed to involve right around the eye and all the way up to the top of the scalp.

She searched for help and saw five different doctors and tried many treatments. Nothing worked so she searched online. That's when she found her answer.

PAT I went to Facebook to look for a support group and up popped a testimonial from one of Dr. Aguila’s patients. I was nervous and excited at the same time when I saw how many cases of PHN he had successfully treated.

Dr. Aguila: When I saw her originally, I said OK let's go after the low-hanging fruit. Let's see if it's the most common nerve that is involved, the supraorbital nerve. I did a block, and she got about 80% relief. But she still had pain. It’s a possibility and in some patients that you get overlap in this area from branches of the supraorbital nerve and supratrochlear nerves coming up and overlapping with nerves coming out of the ear called aural temporal nerves so I said OK let's block that and see if that does the trick.

Dr. Aguila had an intuition that her case was complex. I wonder if there's a variation in anatomy and so I said, let me go to the next common place for that nerve to pop out, which is a hole in the bone above the eyebrow and she said OK and we did that. And she had complete relief of all her symptoms. I am thankful to my mentors who taught me the variations in the location of the supraorbital nerve. Pat was able to do the procedure under local anesthesia in the office. Here she is on day one after the procedure.

PAT I feel great. I was anticipating pain, but I did not have any. I am excited now that I have a whole new life. I just pray that anyone who's going through this situation can find Dr. Aguila and get relief.

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