Tourette's syndrome and chorea is a rare disease, also on the website of Tourette's syndrome reference, and Tourette's disease earliest recorded in 1825 by a French neurologist Jean-Marc Itard for the first time description of Tourette's syndrome down, when Itard is caring for a 7-year-old began to develop from the silent language type cramps lady. As the cramps so she could not control the issue of screams and curses, so she was sent to isolation. First record in Itard's disease, Tourette's six years later, a neuropsychologist Edouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (born in 1857; died in 1904), in 1885, detailed records of many patients with symptoms of cramps. Including Itard studied French lady.
Tourette Syndrome is an inherited disease of the nervous movement. The symptoms of Tourette's syndrome usually appear before age 18, may be about 7 years and a half episodes. The most common symptoms are usually facial cramps, such as: wink. These symptoms are not their own control. Tourette's disease is not cured by treatment, the patient should be in their lives and get along with this disease.
Patients may appear repetitive involuntary movements, such as facial and neck muscles twitch constantly blink, raise the shoulders, and some such as acting as exaggerated facial movements. Or repeated issue some sound, such as throat clearing or meaningless sound, it may suddenly screaming and so on.
Although there are some treatments, but still can not make Tourette's disease cured, patients with symptoms of his life must coexist. Tourette's disease patients and normal life the same intelligence are not affected. And it is very mild symptoms of most patients, the work has little impact.
Tourette's disease patients may be associated with other symptoms, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, hyperactivity disorder , depression , anxiety, sleep disorders and other problems, will affect learning. Mental subjects in the treatment of children requires consolidation.
The treatment of Tourette's disease there are several drugs, such as; Haloperidol (Haldol), Pimozide (Orap), Fluphenazine (Prolixin), Clonidine (Catapres), but the effect of these drugs is limited, can not completely rule Tourette's syndrome good. There will be some side effects, such as depression, drowsiness, fatigue and weight gain.
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