What causes shaking hands?

Many of our friends have trembling hands, especially when their hands are still and they need to do something, the trembling hands will be more obvious. However, under normal circumstances, you will not feel your hands trembling. In this case, you do not need to take special measures. However, if your hand tremors are severe and you feel trembling even when picking up something, it is recommended that you seek treatment.

To solve the problem of hand tremors, patients first need to know the cause of hand tremors, because many diseases may cause hand tremors. If the cause cannot be found and targeted for treatment, there will be no good treatment effect.

Pathological factors

1. Essential tremor. The cause of this disease is unknown and it mainly affects the upper limbs and head. The main symptom is hand tremors when doing fine movements, such as writing, holding chopsticks, buttoning, etc. Hand tremors are more obvious when you are emotionally nervous or tired, and they are reduced or disappear completely when you relax or rest. Symptoms may be alleviated after drinking alcohol. Neurological examination showed no abnormalities except hand tremors. Currently, the most effective treatment for this disease is drug therapy. Taking medicine can improve symptoms, but they will relapse after stopping the medicine, which is the so-called "treating the symptoms but not the root cause." Essential tremor progresses very slowly or not at all and has little effect on daily life.

2. Parkinson's disease. This is a degenerative disease that occurs in the elderly. In addition to hand tremors, it is also accompanied by symptoms such as slow movements, limb stiffness, and poor balance. If not treated, symptoms will become more severe. This disease requires the help of a specialist to diagnose and treat.

Psychological factors

If pathological factors are excluded, another common cause of hand tremors is psychological factors.

Anticipatory anxiety disorder. This type of question often creates a situation that the patient feels frightened about. For example, you may be very worried that your hands will shake when other people are around you at work, and then when someone comes in front of you, your hands actually shake. In anticipatory anxiety disorder, anxiety about symptoms that cause a psychological response can exacerbate or lead to the onset of symptoms. The onset of symptoms further intensifies anticipatory anxiety, thus forming a vicious cycle. You are trapped in this vicious cycle and cannot extricate yourself. From this we can see that what the patient is really afraid of is fear itself.

After understanding the causes of hand tremors, if your hand tremors are caused by psychological factors, you do not need to take medication. You just need to pay attention to improving your mental state in normal times. However, if the hand tremors are caused by pathological factors, it is recommended that you cure the disease first before solving the problem of hand tremors.