Thumb hand tremor may may be related to physiological factors, or may be caused by hyperthyroidism, Parkinson’s disease and other causes.
1. Physiological factors: Suddenly stimulated by stressful events, resulting in over-excited, nervous, or engaged in manual work for a long period of time, resulting in thumb muscle strain, may cause thumb hand tremor symptoms.
2. Hyperthyroidism: patients with this disease have increased thyroid function, thyroid hormone secretion increased significantly, the body’s basal metabolic rate increased, it may cause the thumb to shake, may also be accompanied by hyperphagia, temper tantrums and other manifestations.
3. Parkinson’s disease: the disease is usually caused by myelin sheath loss, neuronal degeneration and other factors, resulting in neurodegenerative diseases, which can lead to extrapyramidal dysfunction, the emergence of involuntary tremor symptoms, which can be manifested as a thumb tremor, obvious in the stationary state, but also may be accompanied by motor retardation and other manifestations.
Thumb tremor, after excluding physiological factors, should be taken seriously, as soon as possible to the regular hospital.