Procedure can cure most patients with essential tremors

HCA Florida Orange Park treats the disorder with the only MRI-guided focused ultrasound device in Northeast Florida.


  • By Dan Macdonald
  • | 12:00 a.m. September 17, 2024
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Essential tremors are treated by finding the receptor cells in the brain that cause the tremors and removing the muscle and nerve connection that causes the involuntary movement.
Essential tremors are treated by finding the receptor cells in the brain that cause the tremors and removing the muscle and nerve connection that causes the involuntary movement.
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Essential tremors are the most common movement disorder, affecting an estimated 10 million people a year. The disorder is believed to be genetic and usually causes involuntary shaking of the arms and hands.

Sometimes it can be treated with drugs, but that is a stopgap measure.

The most serious cases are being treated at HCA Florida Orange Park.

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