TreatmentTherapy
Since trembling hands in adolescence cannot be attributed to a single disease, the respective therapies also differ.
- If alcohol or drug withdrawal is the reason for the shakiness, one can try to reduce the dose of the drug in small steps so that the body slowly gets used to the normal state again and the withdrawal is not so difficult. However, this differs from drug to drug and requires competent advice from the responsible specialist personnel.
- Hyperthyroidism is usually treated with a drug intervention in the self-regulating system of the thyroid gland.
Only in extremely rare cases, when conservative measures show no success, surgery to remove the thyroid gland may be indicated. Afterwards, however, thyroid hormones must be substituted for life.
- Essential tremor is also treated with medication. This is mainly done with drugs that have an effect on blood pressure, but they have also been shown to be effective in the treatment of essential tremor.
- If the tremor is caused by a dopamine deficiency – as is the case with Parkinson’s disease – the dopamine is added.
Duration Prognosis
If the reasons for the trembling hands are actual illnesses, in most cases they actually last for life. An autoimmune disease, hyperthyroidism, Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor cannot be cured, but only treated symptomatically.Since Parkinson’s disease almost never occurs in adolescence, this clinical picture should be excluded when it is said that both essential tremor and hyperthyroidism are associated with a normal life expectancy. The tremors resulting from withdrawal symptoms, on the other hand, are more likely to be of short duration and disappear again after withdrawal is complete.
Course of disease
The course of the disease is usually benign and allows a normal life expectancy. Exceptions to this rule are, for example, Parkinson’s disease or tremor due to a brain tumor. However, both causes are extremely rare and only in exceptional cases responsible for tremor.
Hyperthyroidism can be treated quite well and hardly leads to noticeable negative consequences of the disease, provided that the medication is well adapted. The same applies to essential tremor. It is not a reason for premature death, but is also easily controlled with medication.
