Stroke Forum - tremor cause

Conditions and Diseases > Stroke Forum > tremor cause

What happens during a stroke? What increases your chances of having a stroke? Stroke basics and info on the two types of stroke here....

Q: tremor cause

asked by: AlH on February 17th, 2004

New User

If a persons heart and breathing stopped, would it be posible for brain damage to occur which would/could cause essential tremor?

There were no hand tremors prior to the stoppage.

Replies(1)

Dr. Nikola

replied on April 11th, 2008

Doctor

Essential tremor is due to a genetic defect and can be inherited.

Breathing and heart failure can cause brain damage because of the hypoxia if it lasts long enough. Brain damage can be manifested with tremor, but such tremor is not called "essential" but "symptomatic", which means it is due to some other disorder (in this case - brain damage).

Can you give me some more information regarding this person's medical history?

Learn About Us

Get Help

Join In

Do More

We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health
information:
verify here.

The site is not a replacement for professional medical opinion, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your medical doctor or other qualified health professional before starting any new treatment or making any changes to existing treatment. Do not delay seeking or disregard medical advice based on information written by any author on this site. No health questions and information on eHealth Forum is regulated or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and therefore the information should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease without the supervision of a medical doctor. Posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author, and not the administrators, moderators, or editorial staff and hence eHealth Forum and its principals will accept no liabilities or responsibilities for the statements made. Schizophrenia health sitemap.
This page was last updated on January 1, 2009.
© 2008 eForums, Inc