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Can Tremors In The Head And Hands Be A Symptom Of Parkinson's Disease?

I am 63 years old and the past year I have noticed shaking in my right hand and my head. My paternal grandfather died of Parkinson's disease and my father suffered from benign tremors in his hands. My sister also suffers from the head shaking my fear is Parkinson's obviously since I have seen its destruction first hand. I am basically healthy I take no medications but I do suffer from arthritis and spinal stenosis. Thank you for any information you can give me
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Hello,

Does your shaking symptoms occur on resting state? The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is done by clinical examinations.

If you do have following symptoms such as distal resting tremor (Parkinson's disease tremors usually start in your hands, and can affect your legs, chin and other parts of your body), rigidity, abnormally slow or sluggish motor activity and responses including gait difficulty, decreased sense of smell, and difficulty turning over in bed or difficulty rising from a chair, then you may want to have a clinic visit with urgent care or primary care doctor's office to have appropriate head to toe neurological exam to assess conditions.

Symptoms of Parkinson's disease is also known to have the most common initial finding being an asymmetric resting tremor in an upper extremity, affecting one-sided hand with the other hand as being normal.

Patients must also respond to an adequate therapeutic challenge of dopamine agonist such as levodopa to make a definitive diagnosis.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Katie Lee, General & Family Physician
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Can Tremors In The Head And Hands Be A Symptom Of Parkinson's Disease?

Hello, Does your shaking symptoms occur on resting state? The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is done by clinical examinations. If you do have following symptoms such as distal resting tremor (Parkinson s disease tremors usually start in your hands, and can affect your legs, chin and other parts of your body), rigidity, abnormally slow or sluggish motor activity and responses including gait difficulty, decreased sense of smell, and difficulty turning over in bed or difficulty rising from a chair, then you may want to have a clinic visit with urgent care or primary care doctor s office to have appropriate head to toe neurological exam to assess conditions. Symptoms of Parkinson s disease is also known to have the most common initial finding being an asymmetric resting tremor in an upper extremity, affecting one-sided hand with the other hand as being normal. Patients must also respond to an adequate therapeutic challenge of dopamine agonist such as levodopa to make a definitive diagnosis. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Katie Lee, General & Family Physician