Tourettes Syndrome

TICS Tourette Syndrome(TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by tics -- involuntary, rapid, sudden movements that occur repeatedly in the same way. To receive a diagnosis of TS a person must have both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics, not necessarily simultaneously, throughout a span of more than one year. The tics may occur many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly every day or intermittently. Tics periodically change in the number, …

…of motor tics: eye blinking kissing-hand or others head jerking facial contortions scratching squatting throwing things pulling at clothes Some examples of vocal tics: throat clearing grunting belching spitting snorting noisy breathing squealing clicking or clacking barking moaning screaming/shouting laughing A person with Tourette may be able to go days or months without symptoms (tics) and can suppress the tics for short periods of time. After the tics have been voluntarily suppressed the tics