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Tourette Syndrome Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
That disease is a neurological disorder which comes along with repetitive and involuntary body movements known as tics. A French neurologist in the year 1885 first mentioned and described this particular condition to the world. This neurologist was Dr. Georges Gilles de le Tourette. The symptoms of this disease are noticeable in the early stages and can be diagnosed in childhood among the ages of 7 to 10. The Tourette Syndrome is seen in all types of people from various ethnicities. This is a disease which occurs more in males than females.
A study conducted in the United States shows that 0.2 % of Americans have the most extreme forms of the diseases. One out of 100 show signs of having milder syndromes. In some cases it is shown that the syndrome can have chronic effects which can last for as long as a lifetime. In such cases, the symptoms take the gravest forms when the child is in its teenage. The grave symptoms reduce in the later stages of teenage and then continue to be in the adulthood too.
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Tourette Syndrome and Individuality
When many people first think about Tourette Syndrome they may well often equate it with verbal tics known as coprolalia – the involuntary use of obscene words or socially inappropriate words and phrases. This is likely what is most depicted in a movie or anywhere that Tourette Syndrome is mentioned, heard about, or read about. In spite of the widespread misconception that coprolalia applies to everyone with TS – which isn’t true, and in my own case of TS I do not have coprolalia, it continues to be, for many, the first association they have with Tourette Syndrome.
The second most common association or seeming understanding of what it means to have TS involves the notion that all with TS have tics that are known as echolalia (echo speech). While all people with TS, including myself, have tics, again not all, in fact a lesser percentage have echolalia or palilalia – repeating your own words and/or repeating the movements of others.
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Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder that causes people to repeatedly and involuntarily vocalize or move various parts of their bodies, usually their face, arms, limbs, or trunk. These motions are called tics. The disease affects approximately 100,000 – 200,000 people in the United States. It is named for the French doctor, Gilles de la Tourette, the first man to describe the condition in 1885.
Tourette Syndrome appears in all ethnic groups, and men are diagnosed 3 to 4 times more than females. The onset of TS usually begins in early childhood, between the ages of 7 and 10, and primary symptoms typically occur in the head and neck. Eye blinking, nose twitching, and changing facial expressions are widespread, but individual symptoms differ. In addition to TS, many children are diagnosed with other associated behavioral conditions, including ADD/ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and learning disabilities.
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