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If you have Tourette syndrome, you make unusual movements or sounds, called tics. You have little or no control over them. Common tics are throat-clearing and blinking. You may repeat words, spin, or, rarely, blurt out swear words.
About one of every 100 people has Tourette syndrome. It often occurs with other problems, such as
The cause of Tourette syndrome is unknown. It is more common in boys than girls. The tics usually start in childhood and may be worst in the early teens. Many people eventually outgrow them.
No treatment is needed unless the tics interfere with everyday life. Excitement or worry can make tics worse. Calm, focused activities may make them better. Medicines and talk therapy may also help.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
'''Tourette syndrome''' — also called '''Tourette's syndrome,''' '''Tourette Spectrum (TS),''' '''Tourette's disorder''', or '''Gilles de la Tourette syndrome''' (after its discoverer, Georges Gilles de la Tourette) — is a neurology or neurochemistry disorder characterized by tics — involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. Symptoms include multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present at some time during the disorder although not necessarily simultaneously; the occurrence of tics many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly every day or intermittently throughout a span of more than one year; the periodic change in the number, frequency, type and location of the tics, and in the waxing and waning of their severity; symptoms disappearing for weeks or months at a time; and onset before the age of 18. Vocal tics may fall into various categories, including ''echolalia'' (the urge to repeat words spoken by someone else after being heard by the person with the disorder), ''palilalia'' (the urge to repeat one's own previously spoken words), ''lexilalia'' (the urge to repeat words after reading them) and, most controversially, ''coprolalia'' (the spontaneous utterance of socially objectionable words, such as obscenities and racial or ethnic slurs). There are many other vocal tics besides those categorized by word repetition - in fact, a TS tic can be almost any possible short vocal sound, with the most common tics resembling throat clearing, short coughs, grunts, or moans. Motor tics can be of endless variety and may include hand-clapping, banging the knuckles together, and contorted facial grimacing. The term "involuntary" used to describe TS tics is a source of confusion since it is known that most people with TS do have some control over the symptoms. Before tic onset, individuals with TS experience what is called a "premonitory urge," similar ... [ Read More ]
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