AIBU to ask you what you think if a young man has trembling hands

[ConfusedWife1234]

What is the first thing you would think of? Would you give it a second thought at all? This is just a poll cause I wanna know.

I’d assume a medical condition or side effect of medication

Parkinsons would be my first thought.

I would assume that he has the same fine tremor as I have had since childhood and not give it any more thought.

Too much caffeine
Nervous/anxiety
Adrenaline/agitated
Drug/alcohol use/withdrawal
Neurological condition

Any number of things really. I wouldn't give it a second thought unless he gave me another reason (concern for welfare, erratic behaviour etc.) Why do you ask?

Medical issue or alcohol dependency.

My son has them. There s absolutely nothing wrong with him. We don't know why.

Nerves or possibly medical like asthma my brothers hands tremble non stop due to his asthma.

All the time or as a one off? Hands can get shaky from anything: nervousness, illness, dehydration, hangover....

No way I'd make a judgement there unless they looked like they were going to keel over. In which case i ask if they ok first.

Medical condition, low blood sugar, low blood pressure, alcohol issues.

I'd also assume that there was something medical going on.

@TonicClonic Can young people get Parkinson? Really?

I’d guess anxiety as I often have trembling hands due to that.

Or caffeine withdrawal, or I suppose other withdrawals.

A lot would depend on the context and what I knew about his personality and life style.

He has a tremor that has been exacerbated by something. I get one sometimes when holding a mug of coffee in each hand.

He's cold

He's nervous

Medical / that's just what they do.

I knew a guy like this at uni. It was never discussed tbh.

My brother had this as a teen and was then diagnosed with epilepsy. It stopped once he was on medication.

Why are you asking OP?

Wrt young man, do you mean an older teen, a schoolboy, a bloke in his twenties?

I could think DTs you see, but not in a teenager I don't think.

felicitycity I hate them too..and likewise no known reason for them. It annoys me that people assume I am withdrawing from alcohol or drugs or I have some neurological disease. I don't just shakey hands.

If he works a manual job it could be white knuckle.

I have trembling hands. Always have. Don’t no why. Not Parkinson’s as I was investigated for this.

My cousin has this, it's a condition he was born with that has otherwise very little impact on his life. Interestingly he has a job that requires a very steady hand and he's absolutely fine with that - it's only at rest that it trembles.

Too much caffeine
Low blood sugar
Nervous/anxious

They would be my first thoughts. I likely wouldn't think anything beyond that.

#Can young people get Parkinson? Really?*

Michael J Fox was diagnosed at 29. I'd call that young. The youngest on record was 12.

Depends on many factors. My ds suffers from anxiety and the first sign is his hands starting to shake.

Nerves, or something medical. Students are often shaky when they come to see me, but I am terrifying.

Hyperthyroidism has a typical tremor

Why do you ask OP?