This disease is not usually associated with a disease of thenervous system can occur in apparently healthy people.Sometimes the disease can be transmitted and autosomaldominant gene. Symptoms usually occur in IV-VI decade of life, butcan occur in childhood.
Clinically, familial tremor is manifested by tremors of the hands and head, legs are not affected. Speech is jerky, uncertain. Limbtremor amplitude is not too great at first, was overlooked by thepatient. With time, however, it gets worse, becomes disturbing tothe patient's daily activities ingreunandu. This is usually when the patient presents the physician. In the clinical examination are otherneurological abnormalities.
Treatment is administered in cases with pronounced tremor,because at the start of treatment should be followed for life, notrecommended his termination. In case of interruption events can be resumed and usually have a higher intensity.
Medications are usually given at:
- 40-120mg/de propranolol twice daily, orally
- primidone in doses of 125 mg twice daily, morning and evening, increasing gradually to 250 mg dose three times a day.
It will also avoid caffeine and medications that seem to accentuatethe tremor. The above treatment does not eliminate entirely the tremor, just reduces it to an acceptable level, so that the patientwas able to continue daily activities without difficulty.
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