Brief Answer:
No- not every that shakes is Parkinson's

Detailed Answer:
Good evening. My name is Dr. Saghafi and I am an adult neurologist.

A very simple little saying we have in medicine is to never forget,"Not EVERYthing that shakes is related to or IS Parkinson's Disease." However, the disclaimer is that by no means am I suggesting a diagnosis in your case. You've not provided any real salient amount of information for me to determine what you might or might not have. But the answer to your DIRECT question is NO.

A neurologist is the specialist who you should have the most confidence in for the best interpretation of both your history and physical examination. Soon there will be a blood test for PD...probably within the next 1-2 years. But unfortunately, even after the blood test is available there will be some cases where you won't necessarily be able to tell right away what someone has so I think for the foreseeable future we still depend upon clinical criteria to make such a diagnosis.

If you are told that you have true and classic PD then, you should be offered medication (there are several choices) AND in cases of true and classic PD the medication will make you feel robustly better and more physically able to do things that you couldn't do or were having trouble doing before you started the medication.

BTW, specifying right or left hand is unimportant to your question.

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