With regards to age groups, younger patients have a higher tendency to exhibit higher frequency tremors compared to older people who, on the other hand, tend to develop higher frequency tremors.
Tremors may be associated with other movement problems or be sporadic in nature or familial in origin.
They can develop at any age; however, their prevalence and incidence increase with age.
The severity of your tremor can be exacerbated by factors such as caffeine, fatigue, and physical or emotional stresses.
The most common type of tremor experienced by most humans is essential tremor.
Incidence
Tremors can affect certain body systems like the voice (ENT), musculoskeletal and neurologic systems.
The likelihood of developing tremors usually starts after the person reaches 49 years of age.
Tremors can develop at any age but bimodal highs happen around the second and sixth decades.
Prevalence
Tremors affect 4% to up to 5% of the human population
Risk Factors
Genetics
Around 50% to 70% of people diagnosed with tremors have a family history of them (familial tremors). A lot of families exhibited autosomal dominant inheritance although other studies have revealed that environmental factors also play a role in the development of tremors.
Although it is highly likely that person willing develop tremors if he has a family history of one, even people without any family history of tremor can also develop essential tremor.
Scott Paglia is a licensed and board certified acupuncturist in Bellingham, WA and provides master level pulse diagnosis, Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture in Whatcom County, WA.
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