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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
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==Do's==
==Do's==

Revision as of 16:54, 28 September 2020


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usman Ali Akbar, M.B.B.S.[2]

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Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes

Postural Tremors Resting Tremors Intention Tremors Complex Tremors
Postural tremor occurs when the patient maintains a specific posture such as holding the arms outstretched or while standing. Rest tremor presents as the affected body part fully supported against gravity. It occurs at rest and can be abolished during voluntary activity. characterized by a crescendo increase in tremor as the affected body part approaches its target
Alcohol & drug withdrawl Drug-induced parkinsonism Holmes' tremor (midbrain, red nucleus, rubral, or thalamic tremor)


Metabolic causes
  • Parkinson disease
  • Parkinsonian syndromes
  • Midbrain (rubral) tremor
  • Wilson disease
  • Severe essential tremor
Parkinson's disease Cerebellar lesions:
  • Friedreich's ataxia
  • Hemorrhage
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Spinocerebellar degeneration
  • Stroke
  • Tumor
Neuropathic tremor:

•Chronic relapsing polyneuropathy

•Guillain-Barré syndrome

•Diabetes

•IgM neuropathy

Essential Tremors: Essential tremor Progressively persistent coarse or fine, slow (4–8 Hz) tremor, usually symmetric and affecting both upper extremities and sometimes the head and voice, particularly in patients with a family history of tremor Progressive supranuclear palsy Drug-induced Psychogenic tremor

Wilson's disease

Physiological Tremor :Fine, rapid (8–13 Hz) tremor that occurs in otherwise healthy people and may be enhanced by certain drugs or conditions

Usually, suppression of tremor with low doses of alcohol and other sedatives

FIRE: Focused Initial Rapid Evaluation

 
 
 
Paitent presenting with new-onset tremors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Is the tremor physiological in nature?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rule out anxiety, Excessive Caffine intake,blood glucose level,thyroid function tests
 
 
 
Medication Associated Tremor?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trial off medication
 
 
 
Relieved by distraction?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Psychiatric Evaluation
 
 
 
Rule out Organic Cause

Diagnosis

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Patiet with history of tremor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
History

•Ask about age of onset
•The involved body regions
•Any precipitating or supressing factor?
•Is the patient aware of the tremor?
•Any pain associated with tremors?
•Any neurological deficits?
•Are any medications being taken for tremors?
•Use of any caffeinated products
•History of diarrhea , weight loss or heat intolerance

•Is there any family history of tremors?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neurological Examination
Focused Neurological Examination should be conducted and following features should be assessed.

• Are the movements recurrent and oscillatory?
• Which joints are involved in the movements?
• Does the tremors in each arm occur in phases?
• IS the tremor has an emergent quality?
• Does the tremor occurs in flexed posturing or dystonic posturing?
• Is the tremor increases or decreases while performing a task?

Assessment of the following features should be done

• Does the tremor worsen when approaching a target?
• What is the severity and frequency of the tremor?
Postural & Kinetic tremors are best exhibited with arms held outstretched.
• Abnormal posturing of the tremors in fingers, hand, or upper limb is required to rule out dystonic tremor.
Functional tremor vary in frequency and amplitude.

Parkinsonian tremor is exhibited by repetitive movements of the contralateral hand during walking.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratory Investigations

•Laboratory evaluation should include
• Thyroid Function Tests
• Serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels to exclude Wilson disease
• Screening for heavy metal poisoning
•Blood Glucose level to rule out hypoglycemia
• Blood tests to rule out pheochromocytoma
• Essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor can be differentiated with the help of striatal dopamine transporter imaging (DaTscan)
• MRI to exclude rubral or Holmes tremor

• Quantitative computerized analysis of tremor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Age less than 40 years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Serum Ceruloplasmin level and 24 hour urinary copper secretion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rest or action tremor ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
YES
 
NO
 
 
Rest tremor + Signs of Parkinsonism ( Rigidity,bradycardia,postural instability?
 
Action Tremor ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wilson Disease
 
Neurogical Signs/Symptoms?
 
 
Parkinsonism
 
Alcohol Use Disorder?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If present, evaluatte for metabolic,genetic or anatomic abnormalities with brain imaging.
 
IF No, it is likely Essential tremor.
 
 
Withdrawl or Alcohol tremor
 
Postural/Intentional Tremor?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Postural Essential Tremor
 
Intentional Cerebellar Tremor
 
 

Treatment

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Type of Tremor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rest Tremor
 
Enhanced Physiological Tremor
 
Essential Tremor
 
Orthostatic Tremor
 
Cerebellar Tremor
 
Rubural Tremor
 
Dystonic Tremor

Do's

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Don'ts

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