2023-12-02 15:14:04
TS “is defined by the association of at least two motor tics and a vocal tic persisting beyond a year,” describes neurologist Andreas Hartmann. Photographee.eu/Photographee.eu – stock.adobe.com
From the transient tic to this syndrome defined by the association of two motor tics and a vocal tic, there is a continuum. Several solutions can treat this disorder.
This is the extreme of the tic, which affects 0.5 to 1% of French people. Described in the 19th century by the French neuropsychologist Gilles de la Tourette, the syndrome of the same name is often associated with one or more psychiatric disorders (ADHD, OCD, autism, etc.). But be careful of the caricatured images that generally accompany Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, or TS! “Not all of them are serious, coprolalia (insults) or copropraxis (obscene gestures) are not automatic”explains Dr Andreas Hartmann, neurologist (SGT Reference Center of Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris).
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From transient tics to TS, there is actually a continuum. And far from always being as serious and disabling as we believe, SGT “is defined by the association of at least two motor tics and a vocal tic persisting beyond one year. Someone who shrugs their shoulders a little, blinks their eyes and clears their throat for at least twelve months, therefore has TS!” In 75% of cases, it resolves spontaneously in adulthood, without…
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