2023-05-22 16:55:49
Some 300,000 French people are affected by tremor disease. Ratirath – stock.adobe.com
OUR HEALTH ADVICE – Much more common, essential tremor disease should be considered, especially as solutions exist.
Trembling uncontrollably is not always synonymous with Parkinson’s disease or alcohol addiction, far from it. In France, no less than 300,000 people suffer from “essential tremor”, a neurological disease whose and only symptom is the occurrence of tremors. “Paradoxically, it is a very common disease, three times more than Parkinson disease , but it is much less known to the general public”, emphasizes Professor David Grabli, neurologist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris. A misunderstanding that sometimes results in the stigmatization of these people for whom writing, driving a nail, sewing, peeling a potato or eating soup can prove to be very complicated.
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Unlike Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor disease is not linked to neuronal degeneration. This is at least the hypothesis currently favored by specialists. “The debate is not completely settled, but the tools that…
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