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The glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a compression of the 9th cranial nerve and causes brief but excruciating pain at the base of the tongue which can radiate to the ear and neck. The pain can last for a few seconds to a few minutes and may return multiple times in a day or once every few weeks. Typical trigeers often include eating, drinking, swallowing, speaking, sneezing, or coughing. Glossopharyngeal can also occur in people with throat or neck cancer. If left untreated, glossopharyngeal neuralgia can worsen, causing longer, frequent attacks of excruiating pain. Diagnosis is based on clincal presentation. If glossopharyngeal neuralgia is suspected, the doctor may request an MRI, MRA, or CT scan. The doctor may also attempt to trigger an episode by touching the back of the mouth or tonsils. If that causes pain, a topical anestheitc is applied to the. back oc the mount and the test repeated. If pain is not rrigererd after topical aensthesitc is applied, Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is diagonsed.
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