SUPRA-ORBITAL NEURALGIA AND ITS TREATMENT

Supra-orbital neuralgia is a form of localized headache in or above th e eyebrow with possible extension in the entire skin region of n. V-I, Its course is intermittent or chronic, its start is in the fourth or fifth decade and it is predominantly present in females. The most impo rtant hallmark is the same pain experienced by pressure on the supra-o rbital notch. The proposed treatment is an injection of 2 ml of 2% lid ocaine-I:60,000 adrenalin in the supra-orbital channel, which relieves and mostly obviates the pain in +/- 80% of the patients over a consid erable time span.