What are the signs and side effects of Tourette's Syndrome?

Answer 1

The only real way to diagnose the condition is to talk to a specialist, but in general, tourettes is characterized by an involuntary tic, noise or speech pattern.

The popular concept of Tourette's is involuntary verbal expression, in some cases as incoherent words or offensive ones. Most Tourette's cases do not include such unusual speech.

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Answer 2

Some broad symptoms of Tourettes are jerking limbs, twitches, involuntary noises. Some specific symptoms are neck jerking, barking like a dog, arm shooting behind neck, whooping, pinging, hipping, among some other things.

Answer 3

tics. a mixture of 2 or more motor tics and at least one vocal tic as the sole existence as either one may simply point to a general tic disorder.

and the existe3nce of other disorders that often accompany tourettes may help point to tourettes as less than 40% of the time someone has "pure tourettes" which means tourettes without also such things as anxiety, ADHD, OCD, and a number of others

Answer 4

Tics are classified as either simple or complex. Simple motor tics are sudden, brief, repetitive movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. Some of the more common simple tics include eye blinking and other eye movements, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking. Simple vocalizations might include repetitive throat-clearing, sniffing, or grunting sounds. Complex tics are distinct, coordinated patterns of movements involving several muscle groups. Complex motor tics might include facial grimacing combined with a head twist and a shoulder shrug. Other complex motor tics may actually appear purposeful, including sniffing or touching objects, hopping, jumping, bending, or twisting. Simple vocal tics may include throat-clearing, sniffing/snorting, grunting, or barking. More complex vocal tics include words or phrases. Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics include motor movements that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering socially inappropriate words such as swearing) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others). However, coprolalia is only present in a small number (10 to 15 percent) of individuals with TS. Some tics are preceded by an urge or sensation in the affected muscle group, commonly called a premonitory urge. Some with TS will describe a need to complete a tic in a certain way or a certain number of times in order to relieve the urge or decrease the sensation.

Tics are often worse with excitement or anxiety and better during calm, focused activities. Certain physical experiences can trigger or worsen tics, for example tight collars may trigger neck tics, or hearing another person sniff or throat-clear may trigger similar sounds. Tics do not go away during sleep but are often significantly diminished.

Answer 5

Tourette's disorder is characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics. About 10% of patients will have coprolalia as a symptom.