What Is Tremor And How Can It Be Treated?

When you have tremor, you have difficulty in performing everyday tasks. And, when tremor increases to a greater stage, you won't even be in the position to carry out even the simplest of tasks like getting dressed, holding your cup of tea, or picking up utensils! This is why it is better to consult a doctor at the earliest if you are seeing any kind of tremor symptoms in your body, so that it can be taken care of right away, without giving it time to amplify. There are two ways in which you can treat tremor – medications and surgery. It is best if you leave the decision for the doctor to decide as to which treatment will be better for you.

To make it easier for you to identify, analyze, and treat tremor, here are some of the most common questions asked about the ailment, along with appropriate answers for the same.

What is tremor?

Tremor is the involuntary movement of the muscles of the body involving to-and-fro movements of one or more parts of the body. When you are at rest, this kind of movement may not be there, but it will come up just as you try to do something. The most commonly affected parts are hands, arms, and legs.

What causes tremor?

Tremor could be caused by traumatic brain injury, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases affected the brain, and multiple sclerosis. Other causes could be addiction to drugs or alcohol. Tremor could also be possible due to heredity.

Who should you approach?

As soon as a tremor is identified, you must approach an experienced neurologist or neurosurgeon for treatment. You will be first given some medications if you are at the initial stages. However, if even after medications, you still have a tremor that interferes with your daily activities, you will be advised to undergo a surgery. Dr. Shivam Mittal is an internationally recognized neurologist, who is an expert in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s disease. Therefore, you must approach him to have yourself undergo the best tremor treatment in Bangalore.

What treatments are available?

Medication – The first and foremost treatment for the initial stages of tremor is medication. Patients are treated with Syndopa, Tidomet (carbidopa+levodopa), or dopamine agonist like pramipexole, ropinirole, and rotigotine.

Deep brain stimulation – Deep brain stimulation, a USA-FDA approved treatment, is what comes next. This treatment involves implementing electrodes in the patient’s brain (on the thalamus), and attaching those electrodes to a pacemaker using wires that can run a current into the brain to suppress the tremor. This is a surgery performed on patients having Parkinson’s disease.

MR-guided Focused Ultrasound – Another treatment is the MR-guided Focused Ultrasound, wherein a focused beam ultrasound is delivered in an MRI machine to make a gash in the brain; the procedure being known as “ablation”. This is also done on the thalamus. However, this treatment is implemented when patients suffer from essential tremor, which is faster than the tremor of Parkinson’s disease, and affects the head and voice.

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