How to distinguish between trigeminal neuralgia and headache caused by cervical spondylosis

Trigeminal neuralgia is a disease of neurosurgery, and cervical spondylosis causes pain that belongs to orthopedics. Trigeminal neuralgia is often an area where the trigeminal nerve is distributed, usually no more than two symmetrical areas, one side is the trigeminal nerve, it does not go to the contralateral side to pain, while cervical spondylosis is the pain in the back of the head, or it feels throbbing pain inside. The pain of the trigeminal nerve may generally last for a few seconds to one or two minutes, while the pain of cervical spondylosis may last a little longer. Therefore, the nature of the pain of the trigeminal nerve and cervical spondylosis is different, the length of time is different, and the location is also different.