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Mother With Trigeminal Neuralgia and MS with Potential Herpes Antecedent

Posted By Teddy (San Miguel, Mexico) on 10/14/2015

My wonderful mother has had trigeminal neuralgia for 25 years. She also has MS and debilitating back pain, and when the trige m strikes (seasonally), it's incredibly sad as she can barely eat (and from 50 years of MS, she has several disabilities already). I suspect that the trigeminal neuralgia stems from a herpes virus, although she has never had a case of shingles. She has, however, come down with a herpes lesion in her eye every few years, which tells me that that that particular virus is active in her system-so whether she has post-herpetic neuralgia or just regular trigeminal neuralgia, the herpes virus is an issue.

She uses some pharmaceuticals but hates the side effects (they worsen her vision, dizziness, cognitive symptoms, fall-risk, etc.), and they only help somewhat. She is now using Lysine (3000 mg/day during exacerbations), but I am concerned about the long-term effects of that, and it did nothing for her most recent trigeminal neuralgia attack-which is ongoing. I just read that the pharmaceuticals that attack herpes do not work well for post-herpetic neuralgia. Is there something out there that can be taken internally to work with the herpes virus specifically in addition to Lysine? I only use natural medicine myself, but I am having a hard time finding something my mother can use. Her hands don't work well, so she cannot apply anything topical.

Replied by Steve (Nevada) on 10/14/2015

I would definitely pursue cold laser treatments if you have a practitioner in your area who offers it. The 5th cervical vertebrae and connecting nerves in the neck is where the herpes virus "hides out" and when a person becomes stressed the virus travels down the trigeminal nerves. This is what is believed to be the source of the trigeminal neuralgia pain. The nerves of the face need to be treated as well as the back of the neck. Check it out.

Olive leaf extract 250mg 2 caps 3x/day and 10ppm colloidal silver 5 tsp/day should get it the herpes virus under control.

Replied by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 10/15/2015

Teddy, might BHT be an option? Read up on it for viruses.

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