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Tremor: shaking hands and which kind it is

Tremor: shaking hands and which kind it is: one rich hub plus ~12 pages: physiological tremor everyone has, enhanced by caffeine, cold, tiredness, low blood…

This guide is general education, not a diagnosis or an individual treatment plan. Urgent, severe or worsening symptoms belong with the local emergency service or a qualified clinician.

What this guide covers

One rich hub plus ~12 pages: physiological tremor everyone has, enhanced by caffeine, cold, tiredness, low blood sugar and adrenaline; essential tremor and its family history, its action pattern and the odd fact that alcohol briefly suppresses it; the rest tremor of Parkinson's and how it differs in words; drug-induced tremor (salbutamol, lithium, valproate, SSRIs, thyroid replacement); hyperthyroid tremor; withdrawal tremor; functional tremor; head and voice tremor; the spiral and straight-line drawing that neurologists use and that anyone can do on paper; what helps day to day (weighted cutlery, wrist weights, technique) and what treatments exist.

Nothing here diagnoses; Each section states which combination sends you to a doctor.

How to use it

Start with the description that most closely matches your question about Tremor: shaking hands and which kind it is. Use the evidence section to understand what is known, then use the boundary section to decide when self-education should stop and clinical care should begin.

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Evidence and provenance

The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.

Source: MDS consensus statement on the classification of tremors (Mov Disord 2018, published), NICE CKS tremor (official), EMA product information for the drug-induced list (reusable). · checked 2026-09-09

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Scope and boundaries

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Connected TempoLife guides

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Why it belongs on TempoLife

/medcheck, /thyroid, /caffeine, /glucose.

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