Tremor risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Common avoidable risk factors in the development of tremors include limiting caffeine, alcohol, managing stress, anxiety, depression, blood glucose level, minimizing fatigue.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of tremor include:
Common Risk Factors
- Essential Tremor:[1]
- Family history
- Age: Forty and above
- Parkinson’s Disease:[2]
- Physiologic Tremor:[3]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Orthostatic Tremor:[4]
- Alcohol withdrawal[5]
- Excessive alcohol intake
References
- ↑ Clark, Lorraine N.; Louis, Elan D. (2018). “Essential tremor”. 147: 229–239. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63233-3.00015-4. ISSN 0072-9752.
- ↑ Emamzadeh, Fatemeh N.; Surguchov, Andrei (2018). “Parkinson’s Disease: Biomarkers, Treatment, and Risk Factors”. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00612. ISSN 1662-453X.
- ↑ Pandey, Sanjay; Sharma, Soumya (2016). “Approach to a tremor patient”. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 19 (4): 433. doi:10.4103/0972-2327.194409. ISSN 0972-2327.
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|title=(help) - ↑ “Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: how to predict, prevent, diagnose and treat it”. Prescrire Int. 16 (87): 24–31. 2007. PMID 17323538.
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