Process offers relief from painful disorder
Christina Palomino 's disorder is nicknamed the suicide disease.
The severe pain brought on by the condition, called trigeminal neuralgia, is considered the worst in medicine, and doctors said patients often choose suicide to escape it.
For Palomino, it can be activated by a brush of hair on a cheek, a gust of wind, brushing teeth or even a kiss from her daughters, who have learned to kiss only the left si...
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