I feel anxious and my hands tremble when I'm hungry

Whenever you are hungry, you will feel anxious and your hands will tremble. In fact, if it does not happen often, it is mostly caused by physiological factors. In this case, there is no need to make a fuss. As long as you pay more attention to not making yourself too hungry, it will not happen again. However, if it happens frequently, it may be due to pathological reasons. In this case, you can only get relevant examinations to confirm the diagnosis.

Feeling anxious and trembling when hungry

Pathological factors

1. Essential tremor. The cause of this disease is unknown and it mainly affects the upper limbs and head. The main symptom is hand tremors when doing fine movements, such as writing, holding chopsticks, buttoning, etc. Hand tremors are more obvious when you are emotionally nervous or tired, and they are reduced or disappear completely when you relax or rest. Symptoms may be alleviated after drinking alcohol. Neurological examination showed no abnormalities except hand tremors. Currently, the most effective treatment for this disease is drug therapy. Taking medicine can improve symptoms, but they will relapse after stopping the medicine, which is the so-called "treating the symptoms but not the root cause." Essential tremor progresses very slowly or not at all and has little effect on daily life.

2. Parkinson's disease. This is a degenerative disease that occurs in the elderly. In addition to hand tremors, it is also accompanied by symptoms such as slow movements, limb stiffness, and poor balance. If not treated, symptoms will become more severe. This disease requires the help of a specialist to diagnose and treat.

Psychological factors

If pathological factors are excluded, another common cause of hand tremors is psychological factors.

Anticipatory anxiety disorder. This type of question often creates a situation that the patient feels frightened about. For example, you may be very worried that your hands will shake when other people are around you at work, and then when someone comes in front of you, your hands actually shake. In anticipatory anxiety disorder, anxiety about symptoms that cause a psychological response can exacerbate or lead to the onset of symptoms. The onset of symptoms further intensifies anticipatory anxiety, thus forming a vicious cycle. You are trapped in this vicious cycle and cannot extricate yourself. From this we can see that what the patient is really afraid of is fear itself.

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