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Q: How to Diagnose shaking and muscular pain in the head, neck,

asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 10th, 2006

please help me . it all stated back about 6 months ago with a little shake in my head, but lately it has got worse to the point where i cant do a daily simple task like clean wash or cook. driving is out the door for me . becuse this is my story. my head started to shake slightly 6 mths ago. but it has gone to the point now that my head is turning sideways and maybe backways wit whatever condition i have. i had the .M.R.I Scan done and it ruled out parkinson disease,tey think now it could be a imbalanced chemical in my brain. they have tried several drugs on me but none seem to work,even the parkinson drug.please help me here. it is affecting my muscles in my neck where the pain is getting unbearable.now it is gone down to my chest and my arm and hand is shaking . i am desperate. here at the moment i have to get my sister in law to write this for me as i cant see forward to write. please help. josey

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on September 20th, 2006

Mental Conditions Answer A1518

According to the symptoms you report (shaking and muscular pain in the head, neck and arm) it is hard to identify an absolute condition. You might be experiencing a neurological disease such as partial epilepsy, extra-pyramid syndrome (including Parkinson sy.), multiple sclerosis, etc. You need further examinations of the brain and spinal cord (MRI, CT, EMG, EEG, lumbar puncture etc.). You can ask a neurologist for an expert opinion.

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