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Please enable cookies for this site in order to stop seeing the disclaimer! What causes Tourettes? Why do people with Tourettes swear? Are you possessed? I usually respond to this question by asking why an evil spirit would make me shout about squirrels and biscuits.
How is Tourettes diagnosed? What treatments are available? Is Tourettes associated with any other conditions? What are tics? Tics are chronic long-term repetitive and involuntary sounds and movements. I often tell children this is a bit like how it feels if you try not to blink. Tics usually start in childhood around the age of seven.
For some people symptoms disappear as they get older, but for many Tourettes carries on into adulthood. Vocal tics are sounds that a person with Tourette syndrome makes with his or her voice and can't control. Throat clearing, grunting, and coughing are all common vocal tics. A person with Tourette syndrome sometimes has more than one type of tic happening at once.
Tics can happen throughout the day. But tics often happen less or go away completely when a person is concentrating like working on a computer or relaxing like listening to music.
The type of tics often change over time. How often the tics happen often changes, too. Tics are usually worse when a person is under stress like when studying for a big test or excited or very energized about something like at a birthday party or a sports activity. Tics can even happen when a person first falls asleep, but usually slow down and disappear completely during the deeper stages of sleep. Sometimes a person with Tourette syndrome might have other conditions, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD , obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD , or trouble learning.
Tourette syndrome is much more common in boys than in girls, and it always starts before age 18 — usually between the ages of 5 and 9. Tourette syndrome is a genetic condition, which means it's passed down from a person's parents. Tourette syndrome is not contagious and you can't catch it from someone who has it. No one knows the exact cause of Tourette syndrome, but some research points to a problem with how nerves communicate in the brain. Neurotransmitters — chemicals in the brain that carry nerve signals from cell to cell — may play a role.
Anyone who has a tic will need to see a doctor, and maybe a neurologist a doctor who knows a lot about the nervous system. All kids who have Tourette syndrome have tics — but a person can have tics without having Tourette syndrome. Some health conditions and medicine, for instance, can cause tics.
And many kids have tics that disappear on their own in a few months or a year. Back to Health A to Z. Tourette's syndrome is a condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics. It usually starts during childhood, but the tics and other symptoms usually improve after several years and sometimes go away completely. People with Tourette's syndrome may also have obsessive compulsive disorder OCD , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD or learning difficulties.
Tics are the main symptom of Tourette's syndrome. They usually appear in childhood between the ages of 2 and 14 around 6 years is the average. Tics are not usually harmful to a person's overall health, but physical tics, such as jerking of the head, can be painful. Children with Tourette's syndrome may also be at risk of bullying because their tics might single them out.
Most people with Tourette's syndrome experience a strong urge before a tic, which has been compared to the feeling you get before needing to itch or sneeze. These feelings are known as premonitory sensations. Premonitory sensations are only relieved after the tic has been carried out. Some people can control their tics for a short while in certain social situations, like in a classroom.
It requires concentration, but gets easier with practise. Controlling tics can be tiring. A person may have a sudden release of tics after a day trying to control them, like after returning home from school. Tics may be less noticeable during activities involving a high level of concentration, such as reading an interesting book or playing sports.
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