Which of the following best describes a client's clinical course with trigeminal neuralgia?
a. intense pain over one month
b. facial twitching lasting several weeks
c. exacerbations and remissions increasing with age
d. exacerbations and remissions decreasing with time
C
Pain begins when trigger points are stimulated, causing periods of intense pain and facial twitching lasting from seconds to minutes. These periods may last several weeks to months. Periods of remission interspersed with exacerbations occur with increasing frequency with advancing age.
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