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What is Tourette Syndrome?
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"Tourette Syndrome: * Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome or TS) is a neurological disorder which becomes evident in early childhood or adolescence between the ages of 2 and 15.* Tourette syndrome is defined by multiple motor and vocal tics lasting for more than one year.* Many people have only motor tics or only vocal tics.* The first symptoms usually are involuntary movements (tics) of the face, arms, limbs or trunk.* These tics are frequent, repetitive and rapid.* The most common first symptom is a facial tic (eye blink, nose twitch, grimace), and is replaced or added to by other tics of the neck, trunk, and limbs."*
"These involuntary (outside the patient's control) tics may also be complicated, involving the entire body, such as kicking and stamping. Many person report what are described as premonitory urges -- the urge to perform a motor activity. Other symptoms such as touching, repetitive thoughts and movements and compulsions can occur.*"
"There are also verbal tics.* These verbal tics (vocalizations) usually occur with the movements; later they may replace one or more motor tics.* These vocalizations include grunting, throat clearing, shouting and barking.* The verbal tics may also be expressed as coprolalia (the involuntary use of obscene words or socially inappropriate words and phrases) or copropraxia (obscene gestures). Despite widespread publicity, coprolalia/copropraxia is uncommon with tic disorders."
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
Address:http://www.tsa-usa.org/
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"Tourette Syndrome: * Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome or TS) is a neurological disorder which becomes evident in early childhood or adolescence between the ages of 2 and 15.* Tourette syndrome is defined by multiple motor and vocal tics lasting for more than one year.* Many people have only motor tics or only vocal tics.* The first symptoms usually are involuntary movements (tics) of the face, arms, limbs or trunk.* These tics are frequent, repetitive and rapid.* The most common first symptom is a facial tic (eye blink, nose twitch, grimace), and is replaced or added to by other tics of the neck, trunk, and limbs."*
"These involuntary (outside the patient's control) tics may also be complicated, involving the entire body, such as kicking and stamping. Many person report what are described as premonitory urges -- the urge to perform a motor activity. Other symptoms such as touching, repetitive thoughts and movements and compulsions can occur.*"
"There are also verbal tics.* These verbal tics (vocalizations) usually occur with the movements; later they may replace one or more motor tics.* These vocalizations include grunting, throat clearing, shouting and barking.* The verbal tics may also be expressed as coprolalia (the involuntary use of obscene words or socially inappropriate words and phrases) or copropraxia (obscene gestures). Despite widespread publicity, coprolalia/copropraxia is uncommon with tic disorders."
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
Address:http://www.tsa-usa.org/
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