Do any family members have tremor?
• Have you ever had a head injury? • Does alcohol temporarily reduce the tremor? • Does the tremor worsen when you do certain tasks or when you’re under emotional stress? • Does the tremor disappear during sleep? • What medications are you taking? Certain drugs may cause tremor, so take a list of the medications you are taking or the actual pill containers themselves to your doctor appointment. Back to the top of this page.Can a diagnosis of ET be made from looking at a brain scan? A brain scan is not required to diagnose ET. Your doctor might order a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan or a computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan if there is a suspicion of some other cause of tremor. ET does not have associated abnormality on routine scans. Back to the top of this page.Are all tremors caused by ET? Many things cause tremor, and not all tremors are ET. There are more than 20 kinds of tremors. For instance, excessive caffeine, alcohol withdrawal, problems with thyroid or copper metab
