{"id":52833,"date":"2025-07-01T13:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=52833"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:47:56","slug":"essential-tremors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/essential-tremors\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Tremors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Essential Tremors Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a person suffering<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">successfully underwent the relatively new Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) procedure for his essential tremors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Essential Tremors<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>neurological disorder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that causes hands, head, trunk, voice or legs to shake rhythmically.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is most <\/span><b>common among people older than 65,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but it can affect people at any age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting around 1% of the general population worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Causes of Essential Tremors<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cause of <\/span><b>essential tremor is unknown.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, one theory suggests that your cerebellum and other <\/span><b>parts of your brain are not communicating correctly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The cerebellum controls muscle coordination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In most people, the condition seems to be <\/span><b>passed down from a parent to a child.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And also, if parents have ET, there is a 50% chance that children will inherit the gene responsible for the condition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prevalence increases with age, with approximately 5% of individuals over the age of 60 experiencing it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatments: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no cure for essential tremor, but there are ways to treat it. The main treatment options are <\/span><b>medications, assistive devices, botulinum toxin, deep brain stimulation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and focused ultrasound.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key facts about MRgFUS<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MRgFUS intervention is a <\/span><b>non-surgical procedure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that uses focused ultrasound waves guided by MRI to target brain tissue responsible for tremors in patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease or essential tremor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently approved for Essential Tremor (ET) and Tremor-Dominant Parkinson\u2019s Disease (TD-PD), this technique offers new hope for patients whose symptoms significantly disrupt daily life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MRgFUS treatment targets a key relay centre in the <\/span><b>brain i.e thalamus.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focused ultrasound energy is used to <\/span><b>thermally ablate this specific area,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leading to a marked reduction\u2014and in many cases, near-complete resolution\u2014of tremors, often within the same session.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/alternative-to-invasive-deep-brain-stimulation-dbs-new-technology-in-indian-market-mrgfus-intervention-offers-medical-intervention-for-tremors\/article69751292.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essential Tremors is a neurological disorder causing rhythmic shaking of the hands, head, voice, legs, or trunk. 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