Do some people still believe that all people with Turret's syndrome burst out cursing?

Question

It's a rare symptom, and I wonder what has perpetuated this myth. My sister earnestly believed it after watching "Bring it On". It occurs in the minority of those with Turret's.

Answer 1

Tourette Syndrome is named after a French physician, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, who first described Tourette it in 1885. Tourette Syndrome commonly appears in childhood, more often in males than females, and may worsen thereafter or subside. The absolute cause of Tourette Syndrome is unknown, nonetheless many theories and advanced information has increased considerably since 1885.

cop·ro·la·li·a - cursing, uttering obscenities, the explosive utterance of foul or "dirty" words or more elaborate sexual, aggressive or insulting statements (e.g., racial slurs). Literally, “dung talking”, because of a compulsion to do so. The speech is not always swearing words, is neither intentional nor purposeful, and is not necessarily directed towards anyone.

Coprolalia is considered a complex vocal tic and is undoubtedly the most striking, socially distressing, and dramatic symptom of Tourette Syndrome. However, coprolalia is not, as many people once thought, prerequisite to the diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome.

Coprolalia is only evident among a minority of Tourette Syndrome patients, regardless it is the most popular Tourette symptom, primarily because, in the media, this rare behavior is emphasized for its sensational effect. Contrary to popular perceptions, the majority of Tourette patients do not ever exhibit this symptom.

Although Coprolalia is the most widely known symptom, coprolalia occurs in as low as 5-15% of patients and 5-30% in some clinical series. Prevalence of coprolalia varies because, not everyone with Tourette Syndrome is seen for treatment and recorded for clinical research. So there may be evidence by some reports of 8% in primary pediatric practices to over 60% in tertiary referral centers. Those figures are factored in with presumed minor cases of Tourette’s that are never seen; for this reason some figures now show prevalence of coprolalia in Tourette Syndrome as low as 5-15%.

Answer 2

I don't! I think depending on the lifestyle of the person with Turret's syndrome plays a major part in how they will react. Anyway, there are many characteristics that is associated with Turret's syndrome, blurting out profanities is just the most common characteristic, but get this, if a person wasn't surrounded by profanity then they wouldn't be able to blurt it out, but rather they would blurt something else out (if they have this type of characteristic).

Answer 3

I know that thet symptom isn't that common, but I'm sure some people do still think ALL people w/ Tourettes do.

Answer 4

i used to

Answer 5

lol!!!! have you seen deuce bigalow??i think the only reason that people believe that is because alot of jokes about that are made in movies.

Answer 6

tourette's even.

Answer 7

No.