Hi! Paula:
ET stands for essential tremor. ET is slightly benign than PD. About
30% of people with ET develop PD later in life. This is mainly displayed by
action tremor, and could later on become a very serious neusence; may affect
the voice as well as the whole body.
I am sure you can find a good description of it in the internet.
Raj
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: New symptoms
> raj, what is ET? i am asking because my mother has an action tremor
> thanks paula
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> From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: New symptoms
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> > Hi! Emily:
> > You do not say what kind of tremor this was. Was it action tremor
or
> > resting tremor. For example, I have action tremor, which is conisdered
a
> > sign of ET and not PD. However, I am also showing other symptoms of
PD,
> > such as drooping shoulder, drooling, slow movement and calf muscle pain,
> and
> > postural instability. If it is action tremor, it is usually worse when
> you
> > try do some work with your fingers; the more forcefully you use your
> finger,
> > the worse the tremor would be, in my cae. But, this has nothing to do
> with
> > my smooth whole arm movement.
> > Raj
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> > From: "Emily and Julian Brinac" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:51 AM
> > Subject: New symptoms
> >
> >
> > > TO ALL:
> > >
> > > We had 1st follow up appointment with neurologist for Julian. They
> > increased the Permax from .75 mg a day to 1.50 mg over 1 1/2 weeks. The
> > tremors never got better with Permax but rather progressively worse. We
> were
> > grateful that anxiety, nausea and appetite greatly improved.
> > > At this follow up appointment, they asked Julian to perform certain
> > movements with his arm, fingers and feet. It became obvious that Julian
> got
> > jerky movements on his left side, which is the opposite side of his hand
> and
> > arm tremor. His right side effected by the tremor had smooth movements.
> > Movement specialist could not explain this occurrence. We wonder if
> anybody
> > had similar experience. Thank you for your reply.
> > > Emily
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