Tourette Syndrome
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Tourette Syndrome, what is it? How would a typical case of Tourette Syndrome be described? Is obscene language a typical symptom? How is it diagnosed? How is it treated? What is the history behind Tourette Syndrome? These are all common questions that will be answered, as we look at Tourette Syndrome in greater detail.
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by tics--involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. - Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. These symptoms can include both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics not necessarily at the same time; the occurrence of tics many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly every day or intermittently throughout a span of more than one year; and periodic changes in the number, frequency, type and location of the tics, and waxing and waning--a naturally occurring increase and decrease, of their severity; also an onset before the age of 18...