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The cause of essential tremor is not known, although it is an inherited problem in more than half of all cases. The genetic condition has an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoMany people have what is called essential tremor, in which the tremor is the only symptom.
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When does essential tremor usually appear?
Essential tremor most often appears when the hands are being used.
What are some symptoms of essential tremor?
Some symptoms of essential tremor include an unsteadiness and problem with gait. Essential tremor as well causes shaking that occurs then stops, and one can feel when it is happening.
How is essential tremor characterized?
Essential tremor most often appears when the hands are being used, whereas a person with Parkinson's disease will most often have a tremor while walking or while the hands are resting.
What is the prognosis for tremor?
Essential tremor and the tremor caused by neurologic disease (including Parkinson's disease) slowly get worse and can interfere with a person's daily life.
Can tremor be prevented?
Essential tremor and tremor caused by a disease of the central nervous system cannot be prevented. Avoiding use of such stimulant drugs as caffeine and amphetamines can prevent tremor that occurs as a side effect of drug use.
Who suffers from essential tremor?
Essential tremor affects men and women equally. The shaking often appears at about age 45, although the disorder may actually begin in adolescence or early adulthood.
What does the medical abbreviation ET mean?
Depending on context, ET can mean endotracheal, essential thrombocytosis, or essential tremor.
Is there a cure for essential tremor?
Essential tremor can be treated with drugs, or botullin toxin injections. For more severe cases indwelling electrodes have also been used to some success. None of the above 'cures' the disease though.
What is trepanation?
Essential tremor and tremor caused by a disease of the central nervous system cannot be prevented. Avoiding use of such stimulant drugs as caffeine and amphetamines can prevent tremor that occurs as a side effect of drug use.
What is organic voice tremor?
a neurogenic voice disorder of adulthood that most often occurs as a component of essential or hereditofamilial tremor; it may occur by itself, however.
What is essential tremor?
An uncontrollable (involuntary) shaking of the hands, head, and face. Also called familial tremor because it is sometimes inherited, it can begin in the teens or in middle age. The exact cause is not known.
