A throbbing pachyderm, which is also known as muscle throbbing around the thumb, is generally not a symptom of tardive dyskinesia.
Acromegaly belongs to a type of motor neuron disease, which is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease that involves upper and lower motor neurons as the disease progresses. The more typical clinical symptoms are muscle weakness and atrophy, medullary palsy and pyramidal tract signs, such as muscle weakness, muscle fasciculations, etc. Simple muscle throbbing around the thumb is generally not tachypnea.
Muscle throbbing around the thumb is mostly considered to be caused by muscle spasms. Unless the tremors occur for a long period of time and continue to worsen and accumulate in other parts of the muscle, then it may be acromegaly, and electromyography should be performed in time to determine the condition.
Although there is no cure for acromegaly, active treatment can effectively improve the quality of life. If you have any of the above symptoms, you should undergo timely examination and treatment.