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What are the reasons (medical, emotional, etc) that a person shakes/trembles/shivers?
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Many reasons: Hormonal-low thyroid makes you cold and shivering generates heat, low blood sugar causes adrenaline to be released; neurologic-pinched nerves cut connections betn brain and spinal releasing control of muscles, damage to parts of brain eg parkinsons; anxiety causing excess adrenaline, drugs like caffeine, stimulants mimic adrenaline.
Answered 5/8/2016
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