Anatom3DInfratrochlear nerve
Nervus infratrochlearis · Podkladkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A small branch of the nasociliary nerve leaving the eye socket at its inner corner, below the trochlea.
What it does
Brings feeling from the inner corner of the eye, the side of the nose bridge and the tear sac.
Keeping it well
Blocked with local anaesthetic for tear-duct and eyelid surgery.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies