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thanks raj. my mother had an action tremor in her right leg, bradykinesia, very soft voice, excess saliva, balance very bad, falls backward. she was diagnosed with PD because of all of these. after taking sinimet, the tremor went away and saliva cleared up but bradykinesia, soft voice and balance problems about the same. i have talked to the doctors (both of the ones shes seen) cant get them to take any further action or try anything else to help her. she is 74 and no one in or family has had pd or essential tremor. thanks for the answer paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: Re: New symptoms > 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 > [log in to unmask] > ************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "patandpaula" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:52 AM > > Subject: Re: New symptoms > > > > > > > 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 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > ****************** > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn