Tourette Syndrome Research Papers

Tourette Syndrome was first described by a French doctor named Georges Gilles de la Tourette. (Joseph, Kidshealth) The disease can be very hard to control depending on the severity. It can cause repetitive movements or sudden jerks such as excessive eyeblinking, or shrugging your shoulders and even head jerking. Tourette’s can also can cause you to say unwanted things such as offensive phrases/words or blurting out random words, which are typically called tics. (Tourette Syndrome, Mayoclinic) Tics typically start showing signs between the ages of 2 and 15, but 3 to 4 more times likely in boys than girls. (Tourette Syndrome, Mayoclinic) This disease does not affect certain race/ethnic groups, but again is more likely to be noticed at a young age rather than old. About 7 in every 1,000 people can get Tourette Syndrome. (Joseph, Kidshealth) and affects about 200,000 American’s. (Golden, Gerald)
Simple Tics involve a certain amount of muscle groups, whereas, complex Tics involve a much larger amount of your muscle groups. Simple Tics are symptoms like: nose twitching, eye blinking, coughing and grunting. Complex Tics signs are: touching and smelling objects, bending and twisting, repeating his or her owns words, or blurting out vulgar phrases or words. Both complex and simple Tics can disturb your motor and vocal skills. (Tourette Syndrome, Mayoclinic) Tics can get worse as you enter your early teenage years, but start to improve as you enter your adulthood stage. Tics are also affected by your mood, if you are really excited, ill, or stressed/anxious it may cause you to have sudden movements or unwanted words/ phrases to occur more often. (Tourette Syndrome,