Essential hand tremor simulator

SIMULATION OF THE ESSENTIAL TREMOR The essential tremor is sometimes called hereditary tremor, because it is passed from parents to children. Most of the time, it starts with a trembling of the hands, which then spreads to the head, even to the voice. If the disease does not threaten life, it can lead to a serious handicap: all fine gestures become difficult, even impossible, and social embarrassment is also very heavy. Write, dress or even eat ... Simple gestures, but which can prove complicated, even impossible, when one trembles. In France, one in 200 people suffers from essential tremors. What essential tremor is not ! First, the idea that the person is suffering from Parkinson's disease. The error is understandable, since Parkinson's disease also causes tremors, but it is nonetheless false.In the case of essential tremor, it is an action tremor: if the muscles are not stressed, they do not tremble.The hands placed on the table remain immobile, for example, while in the case of Parkinson's disease it is the opposite : the action stops the tremor,which manifests at rest. Neither alcoholism nor drug addiction is involved either, so if you come across someone who is trembling, do not automatically associate it with an addiction! THE ESSENTIAL TREMOR SIMULATOR The essential tremor of the hands can be reproduced with gloves, the mitten or even only with the patches, which are connected to a device which sends a weak electric current in the hands. It is neuromuscular stimulation.