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My brother is a diabetic and is having whole body shaking even though his blood sugar levels are within the normal range. what could be causing this?

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Dr. Lori Lange answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Many things: The whole body shaking could be epilepsy, tremors due to dementia, Parkinson, weak muscular, and more. See a specialist called a Neurologist to find out what is causing them.

Answered 3/28/2018

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