Tourette's syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder in which the patient performs a series of repetitive, unintentional, out-of-control, and sudden movements. These behaviors are called tic. Tourette's syndrome usually begins at age 2-15 years and is more common in boys than in girls.
A child can experience tic at a certain age and is generally not very visible. Tic occurs in a disappearance and usually disappears within a year. In patients with Tourette syndrome, there are various types of tic for several times a day and last for more than one year.
The initial symptoms of Tourette's syndrome are spontaneous or short-term seizures, sudden jerks, twitching noses, or even moving mouths. The symptoms of tics between one person and another can be different. Others have to bend or twist their bodies many times as their "character" tics. These early symptoms are usually seen first in childhood, with an average first appearance between the ages of 3 and 9 years.
In some people, in addition to motor tics, symptoms of Tourette's syndrome may include vocal tics, ie the inability to control what they say. People with Tourette syndrome who experience vocal tics usually cursed / swear / catapult the obscene words spontaneously and repeatedly, although in fact unintentional.
In a survey by University of San Diego psychologists, there may be 10-15 percent of people who have Tourette syndrome with vocal tics, who are accompanied by cursing voices. This condition can also be referred to as copropraxia.
Treatment of Tourette Syndrome
Simple neuronal tics: doctors usually first try clonidine or guanfacine. Clonidine, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, is sometimes helpful and is especially useful in controlling anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Benzodiazepines, such as clonazepam and diazepam, can help. These drugs are mild sedatives used in the way they are taken.
Severe symptoms: antipsychotic drugs may be used to help suppress the neuronal tics, even if psychosis is not the cause. The lowest dose required to make the neural tics can receive the drug used, and the dose is reduced as the reduced nerve strain. Haloperidol, the most commonly used antipsychotic drug, is effective but has more side effects than other antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine, pimozide, and risperidone.
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