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Tremor: The occurrence of involuntary trembling. See detailed information below for a list of 353 causes of Tremor, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Tremor as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Tremor
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Tremor as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was...read more »
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease. The reality is that there are various possibilities, such as benign essential tremor, which is mostly harmless....read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The condition...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's. The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia ...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children....read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple...read more »
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causes of Tremor
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Tremor is a rhythmic, involuntary muscular contraction characterized by oscillations (to-and-fro movements) of a part of the body. The most common of all involuntary movements, tremor can affect various body parts such as the hands, head, facial structures, vocal cords, trunk, and legs; most tremors, however, occur in the hands. Tremor often accompanies neurological disorders associated with aging. Although the disorder is not life-threatening, it can be responsible for functional disability and social embarrassment. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tremor Information Page: NINDS)
Tremor is a rhythmic, involuntary muscular contraction characterized... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tremor Information Page: NINDS)
Tremor is the shaking movement of the whole body or just a certain part of it, often caused by problems of the neurons responsible for muscle action. (from Wikipedia)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Involuntary trembling or quivering.
- (Source - CRISP)
The list below shows some of the causes of Tremor mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Tremor. Of the 353 causes of Tremor that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Tremor' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Subtypes of Tremor:
Repetitive unwanted movements (5 causes), Shaking hands
Medical Conditions associated with Tremor:
Tremor symptoms (479 causes), Spasms (2183 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Tremor:
Shaking hands, Shakiness (16 causes), Trembling fingers, Parkinsons-like symptoms, Resting tremor (9 causes), Benign essential tremor, Alcoholic tremor, Parkinson's disease, Old age, Action tremor (6 causes), Flapping tremors, Respiratory failure (222 causes), Renal failure (115 causes), Hepatic failure (83 causes), Cardiac failure
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