Head shaking in the elderly may be caused by idiopathic tremor, Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s syndrome.
1. idiopathic tremor: this disease is a movement disorder, which may cause patients to have postural tremor, mainly manifested as rhythmic uncontrollable swinging of a certain part of the body, which may cause head shaking in the elderly.
2. Parkinson’s disease: the disease is a degenerative disease of the nervous system in the middle-aged and elderly, mainly due to dysfunction caused by loss of myelin sheaths, and the patient’s typical symptom is static tremor, which may cause the elderly to show symptoms of head shaking, and may be accompanied by postural gait abnormalities, slow movement and other manifestations.
3. Parkinson’s syndrome: such as the elderly in the use of flunarizine and other drugs, can appear extrapyramidal reaction, manifested as bradykinesia, ankylosis, inability to sit still, oral and maxillary dyskinesia, head tremor and so on.
Elderly people head shaking, it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, after clarifying the cause, give targeted treatment.