Childhood tics are motor or vocal muscle spasms that occur in childhood, and are mainly manifested as involuntary, stereotyped movements, such as frequent blinking, shaking of the head, making strange faces, and making coughing sounds. It is more common in preschoolers and early school-age children, and is more common in men than in women.
Tics generally do not heal themselves, the so-called self-healing is only a long period of time without symptoms of the performance does not mean that tics has been completely cured, can only indicate that the child at this stage, the body's immune resistance, disease and so on are in an optimal period.
With the development of the individual, including the development of neurological function, the symptoms of tics will indeed improve, especially after puberty, about 30% of the symptoms will disappear completely, and some symptoms can become very mild and do not affect function.
However, there are still about 20% of impulsive manifestations in adulthood, and about 5% will be worse than childhood symptoms, so tics is not a self-healing disease, if given early attention and corresponding intervention, the chance of symptom aggravation will be reduced.
(Source: Baotu Network)
Some people think that the disease will slowly heal itself as the child ages, which is a misguided statement that in general, it is difficult for children with tics to return to normal without relying on drugs.
Children's self-control ability is poor, affected by tic symptoms, often discriminated against and ridiculed, leaving a shadow on the child, as a parent should give the child more care, encourage the child, help the child reduce the tics, let them believe that the disease can be cured.
Avoid imitation of any bad habits, avoid various mental stimuli, and prevent the occurrence of bad emotions. It is necessary to go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment to determine the treatment method suitable for the child's condition.
According to the age of onset, the course of the disease, the clinical manifestations and whether there is accompanied by vocal tics, there are three clinical types of transient tic disorders, chronic motor or vocal tic disorders, and Tourette syndrome.
Most of the diseases start in school age, and it is not uncommon in the preschool years, with up to 40% of patients below 5 years of age. Motor tics usually occur before the age of 7 years, and phonogenic twitches occur later, mostly before the age of 11 years.
The prevalence of tic disorders in people aged 8 to 12 years has been reported in China to 2.42%. Male school-age children are at highest risk, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:1 to 4:1.
The prevalence of tic disorders in school-age children is reported to be 12% to 16%, among school-age children who have had transient tic disorders account for 5% to 24%, the prevalence of chronic exercise or vocal tic disorders is 1% to 2%, and the lifetime prevalence of Tourette syndrome is 4/00,000 to 5/00,000.
So do kids with tics need treatment?
This should be based on the clinical situation, the general tic symptoms continue to not alleviate, the symptoms recur, the degree of tics is more severe, the effect of conventional treatment is not good, these conditions should be paid attention to, early formal treatment.
Then some parents asked again, saying that this disease can not ignore him and let him be good?
Clinical studies have shown that tics have a certain tendency to self-healing, but with social progress, the popularization of electronic products, the increase in children's learning pressure, and the emergence of snacks, this self-healing rate is declining. If the child has just developed symptoms and can find obvious triggers, you can observe first, avoid these triggers, strengthen life management, and temporarily do not intervene clinically.
No matter from that aspect, when it is found that the child has abnormal manifestations such as "squeezing the eyebrows, wrinkled nose, twisting the neck, clearing the throat", the child should be taken to the development and behavior department or find an experienced Chinese medicine doctor in time, if the child does not need clinical intervention, you can also get effective life guidance, which is conducive to the child's early recovery.
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