Tourette Syndrome ?!?

Question

I have to do this report on Tourette Syndrome that's due Monday! I need what it does, etc. I also need the source in bibliography form please help! thanx alot!!

Answer 1

Very informative website.

Answer 2

I have two children who have tourette syndrome thankfully quite mild, their symptoms vary from day to day as with tourette syndrome tics wax and wane so one day they may seem totally free but a couple of weeks later their tics can be really bad, children with tourette syndrome often suppress their tics in school and other places although this just leads to them being worse for a time when they finally let go for example my children can be pretty well in school yet can come home and for the first hour be really bad. In order to describe what it feels like to suppress a tic you could get them to try holding their breath or not blinking and see how they feel till the urge is irresistable and they just need to do it. In order to get a diagnosis of tourette syndrome children need to have had both motor and vocal tics lasting over 12 months which wax and wane in severity and change frequently in the tics they have, they wont have a tic free period of longer than two or three months. Also diagnosis is based on this criteria before 18 although it is known for adults who have for years had these symptoms to go and get a diagnosis. Tourette syndrome these days can effect as many as 1 in a 100 children and varies in degrees. The condition is most associated with swearing although less than 15% of people with tourette syndrome actually develop coprolalia. Try this link hope it helps http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/factsheets/families/F010394/tourettes.html Bet I'm too late with this arent I just reread the post and I'm assuming it was Monday just gone

Answer 3

Hopefully, you already got the answers you needed, but if not I can tell you a few things. My 20 yr. old son has Tourette syndrome, which is a neurobiological syndrome with the onset usually between 7-20 yrs. old. A tic is a 'recurrent' uncontrollable motor and/or vocal movement. They can be mild, moderate, or severe in nature. The tics can wax and wane (come and go), and can also change over time. Many people with TS have OCD and/or ADHD. Only about 3% of the diagnosed have what is called "coprolalia", the cursing tics. Good luck!

Answer 4

There are no 'thoughts' as far as an outburst of Tourette Syndrome is concerned ... and even people who live a very restricted life and who never swear or say anything untoward, or even think about that can say the most terrible things ... this happens because some of the neurons in the brain 'short circuit' so that these 'bad things' are said. We all know the words, we all know the acts, and that 'short circuit' opens that storage center in the brain, and out they come as verbalizations ... there is NO THOUGHT, NO INTENT, it's just a 'short circuit' that causes these verbalizations.

Answer 5

Here are some websites with information on Tourette Syndrome.

Answer 6

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tourette-syndrome/DS00541

Answer 7

www.google.com
type in "tourette syndrome"
"tourette's"
"tourettes in teens"
"tourettes in babies"
"effects of tourettes"
"medicine for tourettes"

good luck!!

Answer 8

just look it up on google.com and it should give a whole lot of things about the syndrome

Answer 9

check WEB MD and Wikipedia

Answer 10

It's like the hiccups...people have them and they're kind of like "spells". Every once in a while you have them. Sorry thats all I know...it's just because there are kids I know that have it.