OHSU Brings Relief To 'Suicide Disease' Sufferers

... Known as "suicide disease," trigeminal neuralgia, or facial pain, causes stabbing, mind-numbing pain in even a light breeze. But there is hope for facial pain sufferers: Oregon Health and Science University neurosurgeons have pioneered a method for classifying and diagnosing the disorder, and much of the diagnosis can be accurately done by patients themselves using the world's first online, artificial neural network for facial pain syndromes. An accurate diagnosis means patients can avoid inappropriate treatments. ...