A video contribution on the indication Trigeminal neuralgia.
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Many of our patients have years behind them: misdiagnoses, many changes of doctor, medication with side effects to the limit of what is bearable — and despite this, continued pain attacks.
We check your medical history carefully first, before we suggest Axomera therapy. Due to the treatment results observed by us, patients travel for this from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland — especially for trigeminal neuralgia.
From our patient consultations and the medical reports submitted.
Almost always in this order.
According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3), trigeminal neuralgia is an independent diagnosis in the chapter “Painful lesions of the cranial nerves and other facial pains” — separated both from the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias like cluster headache and SUNCT syndrome and from painful trigeminal neuropathy, an independent, related diagnosis in this chapter. The clean classification is crucial because the attack character, accompanying symptoms and treatment of these clinical pictures differ.
Prof. Molsberger developed Axomera therapy and published research together with the cell biologist Colin McCaig (J Pain Res 2020). At the reference centre, you are treated by the medical team led by Prof. Molsberger.
Every therapy needs its own examination — for us, this includes the Axomera diagnostics and the Axomera therapy.
We know the standard drug therapy and its limits from daily practice; where operative decompression is sensible, we address this openly. Our focus, from years of experience with facial pain conditions like trigeminal neuralgia, is percutaneous bioelectric stimulation (PBCS) — here we explain how Axomera is applied for trigeminal neuralgia.
A nerve that is damaged or irritated at one point becomes hypersensitive not only there but throughout its entire course. This is known from other nerves: in the case of the sciatic nerve, even stretching far from the actual damage triggers pain. In the face, the same hypersensitivity manifests as a trigger point — a light touch on a small spot, for instance, right next to the nostril, can trigger an entire pain attack. Such points are accessible trigger points of the overstimulated nerve.
Axomera is a neuromodulatory procedure: computer-controlled electrical signals in the dimension of cellular electrical fields, placed with millimetre precision at exactly these trigger points, can calm the overstimulation there and raise the threshold from which an attack is triggered. As patient progressions show, the irritated nerve region can calm down and normalise over time under this treatment (remission). This neurophysiological hypothesis is empirically founded by many patient progressions (real-world data), not by controlled trials; as with other indications, around 20–30% of those treated do not respond.
How inflammation and pain are connected →Inflammation has an electrical dimension. Axomera starts exactly there.
The goal is relief — in a favourable case, even symptom-free remission. How far this succeeds depends on the individual course.
Axomera is an internationally patented bioelectrical procedure.
How Axomera therapy works →Developer of Axomera therapy · Medical Director
As the developer of Axomera therapy, he oversees the indication and is involved in your treatment personally upon request. His experience in conservative pain medicine informs the planning of your treatment series.
Doctor, orthopaedics & trauma surgery (in specialist training)
Performs your Axomera treatment and accompanies you throughout the entire treatment series. He reviews your findings and assesses whether the procedure is suitable for you. He also participates in the technical development.
Doctor, Specialist in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
Organises your previous findings, performs Axomera diagnostics, and accompanies you throughout the entire treatment series. He reviews your findings and, based on his experience, assesses whether the procedure is suitable for you.
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Medical assessment via video.
Examination, Axomera diagnostics, plan, costs.
Are you traveling from further away? Start with 01 or 02. Only when it is clear that Axomera is suitable for you do we plan the journey — condensed into a few days. Available internationally as a concierge service upon request.
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Our practice treats exclusively by prior appointment.
The telephone initial assessment is not a treatment and does not replace an examination. Whether Axomera is suitable for you will be decided after a medical examination.
