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Muscle tremor

Muscle tremor: Introduction

Muscle tremor: A tremor that is uncontrollable and located in the muscle. See free access online books about Muscle tremor below. See detailed information below for a list of 5 causes of Muscle tremor, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Muscle tremor

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Diagnostic Guides for Muscle tremor

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Muscle tremor from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Muscle tremor. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Muscle tremor

Medical Books Excerpts
  • TREMOR
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • Tremor
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
  • Tremors
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • Tremor
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
  • Tremors
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • Tremor
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Tremors
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Tremors
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
 

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Misdiagnosis and Muscle tremor

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 initially...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 loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's, whereas there are many other less...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 various medical conditions, such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease, it can also occur from a...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...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 goes by the...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 brain injury (MTBI), for which the symptoms...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 the early years, and Parkinsons-like symptoms around...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 (such as Alzheimer's...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 ...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. See...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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Medications or substances causing Muscle tremor:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Muscle 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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Drug interactions causing Muscle tremor:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Muscle 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.

  • Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and Biaxin (Clarithromycin) interaction
  • Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and E.E.S. (Erythromycin) interaction
  • Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and E-Mycin (Erythromycin) interaction
  • Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and ERYC (Erythromycin) interaction
  • Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and EryPed (Erythromycin) interaction
  • more interactions...»

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Detailed list of causes of Muscle tremor

The list below shows some of the causes of Muscle tremor mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Muscle tremor?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Muscle tremor. Of the 5 causes of Muscle tremor that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 5 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 5 causes of Muscle tremor

Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle tremor:

The following list of conditions have 'Muscle 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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  • Cerebellar ataxia, infantile with progressive external ophthalmoplegia ... muscle tremors

    E

  • Epilepsy ... muscle tremor

    M

  • Marie type ataxia ... muscle tremors

    R

  • Ramsay Hunt II ... muscle tremor

    W

  • White snakeroot poisoning ... muscle tremors

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    Medical Conditions associated with Muscle tremor:

    Tremor symptoms (751 causes), Muscle symptoms (4254 causes)

    Symptoms related to Muscle tremor:

    Tremor (279 causes), Seizures (2041 causes), Muscle spasms (1689 causes), Muscle pain (792 causes), Muscle tone symptoms, Cerebellar ataxia (44 causes), Infantile with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, Epilepsy (104 causes), Marie type ataxia, Ramsay Hunt II, White snakeroot poisoning

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