There are many different symptoms that can occur with multiple sclerosis, some of them rarer than others.  A rarer symptom that can occur in the disease is multiple sclerosis trigeminal neuralgia, which is sudden and severe face pain.  MS trigeminal neuralgia is caused by the process of demyelination going on in the body.  Demyelination is when the myelin sheath that surrounds nerves gets damaged.  Trigeminal neuralgia is also caused by the lesions that form on the brain and spinal cord in the multiple sclerosis.  Trigeminal neuralgia is about 400 times more likely to occur in someone with multiple sclerosis, but it can appear in someone without the disease as well.

Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by the sudden onset of pain in the lower facial area, typically around the cheeks, jaw, lips, and mouth.  In rare cases, it can extend up to the forehead and around the eyes.  The pain …