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Essential tremor most often appears when the hands are being used.
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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.
What is an essential tremor?
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.
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 is the average age of onset for organic voice tremor?
Organic voice tremor is a condition that usually occurs in persons over age 50. Males and females appear to be affected equally. Specific incidence data are not available.
How is organic voice tremor diagnosed?
Organic voice tremor is usually made by examination of a neurologist and speech-language pathologist. Detailed history and medical examination is essential to determine if disruptions in voice functioning are related to other neurological conditions.
What is the name of the ailment for shaky hands?
Essential Tremor, is the name given to the most common cause of shaky hands in humans. Essential Tremor usually runs in families, so a child with shakiness will usually have a mum/dad/brother with shakiness too. Although essential tremor is more commonly noticed in the hands/arms (mainly because we use and interact with them more) the condition can also affect other parts of the body, and sometimes most of the body in severe cases. The other common parts affected are the legs/feet and the head/neck.
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.
