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What Is an Essential Tremor?

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An essential tremor is shaking that usually occurs with no known cause. Symptoms include a quivering voice, difficulty with using hands to perform activities and shaking head.

Treatment for essential tremor includes medication, relaxation, and surgery. A drug class used to treat essential tremor is the beta blockers drug class.

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