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Originally Posted by Amy A
Hello. I joined this forum to seek advice for my 79 year old father who has had tremors in his left hand (only) for approximately six months. I noticed the tremor while he was walking yesterday during a Thanksgiving visit. I do not know if they occur while he is at rest. He has also become confused and disoriented. His face looks "long" and he used to grimace/blink hard (difficult to explain); his mouth is open a lot of the time. Do these symptoms indicate Parkinson's Disease? I understand that Essential Tremor and PD are often confused.
We are dealing with a resistant individual who will be difficult to get in for an evaluation. Any advice you have for me is much appreciated. I apologize if I have posted a redundant question!
Amy
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A diagnoses is the job of a neurologist but you can find out if it is a resting tremor by watching carefully.A resting tremor stops when you give it something to do like hold on to the back of a chair or to a lesser degree when you hold a cup At 79 there a variety of things it could apart from idopathic Parkinsons.It could be a series of small srokes in which case a visit to doctor is essential.A diagnoses therefore is important.