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Postural Tremor

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  1. See Also
    1. Action Tremor
  2. Description: Subtype of Action Tremor
    1. Patient attempts to maintain posture against gravity
    2. Example: Tremor holding arms out in front of body
    3. Moderate to high frequency: 5-9 Hz
    4. Low amplitude
  3. Causes
    1. Physiologic Tremor
    2. Essential Tremor
    3. Alcohol Withdrawal
    4. Drug Withdrawal
    5. Metabolic disturbances
    6. Drug Induced Tremor
    7. Psychogenic Tremor
  4. Labs
    1. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
  5. Management
    1. Beta Blockers
    2. Primidone (Mysoline)
    3. Acetazolamide (Diamox)
    4. Clonazepam (Klonopin)
    5. Botulinum toxin
    6. Gabapentin (Neurontin)
    7. Deep stimulation
    8. Thalamotomy

Static Tremor (C0234378)

ConceptsSign or Symptom (T184)
MSHD014202
EnglishPostural tremor, Static Tremor, Static Tremors
Spanishtemblor estatico, temblor postural
Parent ConceptsTremor (C0040822)
SourcesMSH, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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