What is essential tremor? How to treat

Essential tremor is predominantly 60% and has a family history, mainly manifested by hand tremor, followed by head tremor. This tremor is to be distinguished from Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease.

Essential tremor, also known as familial or benign essential tremor, is an autosomal dominant disorder that occurs in about 60% of patients with a family history, and its only clinical manifestation is postural tremor, which is common in the hands, followed by head tremor. Rarely, patients develop tremor of the lower extremities. Its tremor is aggravated by concentration, nervousness, fatigue, hunger.

Most cases disappear temporarily after alcohol consumption and worsen the next day. Usually does not cause disability. Examination usually shows no other neurologic signs.

Essential tremor** mainly includes medications** and lifestyle interventions. Essential tremor drugs** mainly include arolol, propranolol, trihexyphenidyl and so on. These drugs can reduce the severity and frequency of tremors, thereby improving the patient's quality of life.

In addition to medications**, patients need to develop a good lifestyle.

In terms of diet, we should eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less fatty meat, animal offal and other greasy foods, and actively engage in physical exercise, including running, doing exercises, swimming, etc., pay attention to ensure good sleep quality, do not stay up late, quit smoking and alcohol. At the same time, patients should maintain a stable state of mind and a good mood.

As soon as people get older, many problems will appear slowly, then you should pay attention to protect your body to avoid being hurt by some diseases, essential tremor is more common, most people may not know much about this disease, in fact, hand tremor is also called tremor, hand tremor is a common phenomenon of the elderly, some people keep shaking with both hands, eating and writing are problems, which has caused a lot of impact on the daily life of the elderly. So how to do it is necessary to learn.

Step Method:

1. Most patients will choose surgery**, but not all patients are suitable, after comprehensive and complete drugs**, there is a definite curative effect but the efficacy is significantly reduced, or there are symptom fluctuations and dyskinesia syndrome, or the ability to take care of oneself is significantly reduced, people can choose this method.

2. Patients with essential tremor should also pay attention to the fact that they should actively participate in functional training, try their best to improve movement, balance and coordination, actively carry out speech training, improve or maintain their daily living skills, and their families should guide the patient to establish a good relationship with the outside world.

3. Drugs** are also the choice of many patients, and generally should be decided according to the patient's age, the nature of work, and the type of disease. Starting with a small dose and slowly increasing, it is necessary to choose an individualized choice plan, and the principle of long-term medication to control symptoms is large.

Essential tremor, slight hand tremor can be left untreated**. If hand tremors worsen, here's how:

First, the drug**. Propranolol (40 120 mg three times a day) can be used temporarily in patients with significant tremor in certain situations. However, it should be noted that propranolol has the effect of slowing down the heart rate, so it is necessary to monitor the changes in heart rate during use.

Some patients can use prixidrone 100 150 mg three times a day, starting with small doses and gradually increasing them. For some patients, clozapine can be used, starting with a small dose, starting with a dose of 25 mg 2 or 3 times a day, and gradually increasing slowly. Clonazepam 1 2 mg three times a day can also be used.

Second, non-pharmacological**. For patients who are ineffective with drugs** and the disease is gradually worsening, botulinum toxin type A injections can be considered to block peripheral nerve endings**, which is usually more effective.

Avoid caffeine in your daily life because caffeine can worsen tremors. Some patients notice some improvement in tremor after drinking alcohol, but it is important to know that drinking alcohol does not completely solve tremor. Once the effects of alcohol have subsided, tremors tend to worsen.

In addition, it is gradually necessary to increase the amount of alcohol consumed to relieve the tremor, which may lead to alcohol abuse. Learn to relax. Stress and anxiety can worsen tremors.

Relaxation can reduce tremors. Although it is not possible to completely eliminate stress in life, it is possible to learn to take some relaxation methods to cope with stress, such as massage or meditation, which can relax the patient and reduce stress. Make lifestyle changes and use your hands with lighter tremors for daily activities.

Faonset tremor is a hereditary disease, there is no specific way, usually appropriate oral administration of some anti-epileptic drug primidone, in addition to oral administration of some metrolol, appropriate relaxation to reduce psychological pressure, appropriate drinking a little alcohol after the symptoms will also.

Current studies have found that essential tremor is mainly genetically related and is the dominant inheritance of chromosomes, because most patients are familial clusters, and there is no research on its specific ** and pathogenesis.

The only symptom that patients with essential tremor experience is tremor, which can be in the upper limbs, the head, or other parts of the body, and the more intense, nervous, anxious, and fatigued, the more likely it is to appear. Most patients develop the disease at a young or middle-aged age, and the disease progresses gradually, and may affect the patient's life and work decades later.

But in the early days, when it didn't affect life and work, there was no need for special **. A small amount of alcohol can reduce the onset of tremor, but this is only temporary, and for more obvious symptoms, propranolol can be used to **.