Shaky hands do not shake after drinking alcohol, often considered idiopathic tremor and alcohol withdrawal reactions.
1. idiopathic tremor: the cause is unknown, mainly manifested as limb activity shaking obviously, when stationary to reduce or disappear. Generally, hand tremor can be obvious when doing fine movements, such as writing, button fastening, etc. Hand tremor can be aggravated by emotional tension, excitement and fatigue, while hand tremor symptoms can be alleviated or disappeared after mental relaxation and alcohol consumption.
Idiopathic tremor is often treated with medication, such as taking propranolol, or injection of botulinum toxin type A to relieve the symptoms. For severe cases, surgical treatment such as stereotactic surgery or thalamus destruction may be considered.
2. Alcohol withdrawal reaction: after stopping or reducing the amount of alcohol consumed for a long period of time, hand, tongue or eyelid tremor often occurs after a few hours, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, insomnia, headache, autonomic hyperfunction and so on, and at this time, if alcohol consumption is resumed, the tremor will generally disappear.
For the alcohol withdrawal reaction, because alcohol and benzodiazepines have similar pharmacological effects, so the clinic commonly used such drugs such as diazepam to alleviate alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
If you have a shaky hand after drinking alcohol, you should seek medical attention, clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of a physician to take a scientific and systematic treatment, the above drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.