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What Causes Hands And Shoulder Tremor With A Normal Heart Rate?
Hi, I'm a 23 year old female, 4'5" and 118 lbs, very active and an overall health nut. I don't smoke, eat fast food or junk, and avoid caffeine like the plauge. In the past 6 months my blood pressure has leaned towards the lower hypertension range, but has never been any concern for me or my doctor. For the past week or so, however, I have felt "jittery", with an uncontrollable tremor in my hands and shoulders. After expressing my concerns to the pharmacist I work with, she made me sit for a few minutes, then took my blood pressure. It was 137/90 with a normal heart rate. Should this raise concern, and any shot in the dark as to what might be causing this?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hello!
Welcome on HCM!
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to thyroid dysfunction or any other metabolic disorder.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count for anemia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- vitamin D levels for possible deficiency.
Further tests may be needed ( an EEG to exclude seizures).
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
Welcome on HCM!
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to thyroid dysfunction or any other metabolic disorder.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count for anemia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- vitamin D levels for possible deficiency.
Further tests may be needed ( an EEG to exclude seizures).
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
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