Tourettes

Tourettes Syndrome What Is Tourette's Syndrome? TS is an inherited disorder characterized by multiple involuntary movements and uncontrollable vocalizations call tics. Tics come and go over years. Tics are sounds of movements that are repeated over and over again. To be diagnosed with TS a person must have both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics for a period of at least one-year, beginning before the patient is age 21. The tics do not have …

…a limited number of muscle groups. Complex tics are distinct, coordinated patterns of successive movements involving several muscle groups. People with TS can sometimes suppress their tics for a short time, but the effort is similar to that of holding back a sneeze. A little History about the disease- The disorder is named for Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who first described an 86-year-old French noblewoman with the condition in 1885.