Guest guest Posted April 9, 2000 Report Share Posted April 9, 2000 Hi Kat, great info on tremors - anyone out there have tremors BEFORE their 30's - mine started in my late teens, also anyone with children like Brad with tremors? Gretchen KathleenLS@... wrote: > > This is all quotes from other sources. I don't have tremors. > > " CMTA Handbook for Primary Care Physicians says: > > " Essential Tremors " > " Tremor is not usually a complaint in patients with CMT, but, when > specifically asked, 40% of the patients respond positively. The tremor > involves mainly the hands, and it may be present at any age but is usually > first noted in the mid-30's. The tremor is not related to the severity of the > symptoms of CMT and has all the clinical features of essential tremor. These > features along with the high frequency of family history of tremor suggest > that CMT and essential tremor are either due to separate genes or are a > variable expression of the same gene. What Roussy-Levy described as a > separate entity seems to be a combination of CMT and essential tremor. " > > And from someone else. > > " For those who have written about twitching... I would think that twitching > is not tremors. For instance, we can have a muscle in our face twitch, like > around the mouth or the eyes. Even 'normal' people have those. Unless they > get bad and become a TIC they are usually just that... a twitch that is very > very annoying but nothing like tremors. If you have them bad they can become > a big part of your disability. " > > >From another CMTer elsewhere: > > " ... speaking of tremors.... Dr. Sampson spoke to our CMT support group > meeting this last Saturday and one of the interesting things he said was > there was three things with CMT that was hard to treat. He listed them as > Pain, Balance and Tremors. Just thought I'd pass that along! Think all of > you already knew that but nice to have it validated huh?!:-) " > > Gretchen, I think you are intereested in first-hand accounts, but this is the > best I can do. > > Kat > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 2.9% > Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! > http://click.egroups.com/1/936/7/_/616793/_/955247116/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2000 Report Share Posted April 9, 2000 tremors info anyone with children >like Brad with tremors? > >Gretchen > My son who will be 10 the 13th of this month has tremors. >Becky M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2000 Report Share Posted April 12, 2000 I've had tremors since childhood. I was diagnosed at 6 and tremors have always been part of me. Ruth > >Reply-To: CMTUS (AT) e >To: CMTUS (AT) e >Subject: tremors info >Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 10:18:51 -0700 > >Hi Kat, great info on tremors - anyone out there have tremors BEFORE >their 30's - mine started in my late teens, also anyone with children >like Brad with tremors? > >Gretchen > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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