Talk:Essential tremor

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Hamine??

I don't think hamines are the chemical from grilled meats that are a potential cause. When you click on the link for that, you get redirected to a very specific plant. "Heterocyclic amines " seem to be the chemical made by high temperature grilling that people worry about causing cancer: http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cancer/facts/10-cancer-myths1.htm

Also barbecued meats would not be the same as grilled meats - barbecuing is a process that involves cooking meat at a very low temperature for a long period of time. I know that in some parts of the globe barbecuing and grilling is considered synonomous, but for those who live in barbecue country (the US south), this would be confusing.

Makes No Sense

"Essential tremor (ET) generally presents as a rhythmic tremor (4-12 Hz) that is present only when the affected muscle is exerting effort (i.e., it is not present at rest). Any sort of physical or mental stress will tend to make the tremor worse, often creating the false impression that the tremor is of somatic origin."

This sentence doesn't really make any sense. It seems to be trying to say that there is an impression that ET is of a psychological origin, but instead say "somatic origin." As I'm sure we all know, "soma" refers to the body, not the mind. I'm not changing it because I don't have any background in this topic, I just recognize this sentence as illogical.

It has been changed now. Zuiram 05:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

anecdotal vs. some

Anecdotal reports are case studies. "Some reports", as the entry read before, could also include group studies. No POV is implied either way. Pilatus 15:38, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of anecdotal reports, one of my customers found that a delayed auditory feedback (DAF) anti-stuttering device helped his laryngeal tremors. But I tried this with another person with laryngeal tremors and the device had no effect. I vaguely recall that the first person had both stuttering and essential tremors.-Tdkehoe 23:44, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

spam, copyvio or something else?

There is a section in here that reads "At WE MOVE, we believe" and so forth. Since WP is not WE MOVE, it would appear this text has either been copied, or has been inserted by the organization in question. Otherwise, it's just unencyclopaedic. Could someone try to sort this out? Zuiram 05:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've cleaned that section up a bit. Chovain 06:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

source

Was googling information on this (I have it)...

The section that requires a source "Tremor intensity can worsen in response to fatigue, strong emotions, hunger, cold, or other factors and can be reduced with alcohol in approximately 50 percent of patients.[citation needed] However, an over-reliance on alcohol to control tremor symptoms can sometimes lead to alcohol addiction."

I found this same information at http://www.healthatoz.info/diseases/benign-essential-tremor.htm but I'm unsure if it's a valid source, if someone wants to check it and add, please do. Koptor 21:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

I noticed that the template regarding the citation style of this article had been added to the article page instead of the talk page (here). I have moved the template to the top of this page. *Vendetta* _{(user talk contrb)} 05:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just an FYI

(I contributed much of the original body of the article (that you folks have vicously attacked ;) )

But anyway, my case of ET, while relatively typical in most aspects, shows no obvious genetic basis. However, I have learned that I probably had a mild case of polio as a young child, and likely this is the cause of my tremor. Since "occult polio" is fairly common in 50-60-70-something folks, I wouldn't be surprised if a significant fraction of the idiopathic cases are due to occult polio. drh 23:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Surgical treatments (which are generally reserved for the most severe cases)

The case can be as severe as a doctor or patient might think it is, the surgeon can only help when there is something to operate. maybe it only seems wrong in the article to me so just because i'm not native english speaker? Avjoska (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]