Tic disorder in children is a neurodevelopmental disorder that usually manifests as involuntary, recurring movements or sounds called tics or stuttering. These movements or sounds can be eye twitching, face twitching, shoulder shrugging, coughing, throat clearing, or making strange sounds, etc.
In children, tics are very common, especially in boys, and usually begin between the ages of 5 and 10, some symptoms decrease or disappear with age, but some symptoms may also persist into adulthood. #抽动症 #
Why is spring the peak season for tics?
Internal movement of hepatic wind is the main pathological feature of tics. Spring belongs to wood in the five elements, and the liver in the five organs of the human body is also woody, so spring qi ventilation liver in spring, liver qi vigorous and rising, spring is the time when the liver is prosperous. Because children's physical development is not mature enough, their bodies can hold less yang qi, and they are easily disturbed by various factors such as diet and emotions.
Another part of the reason is that parents do not like to move in the process of bringing their children, and do not give their children the opportunity to play. Arrange various cram classes, training classes, and interest classes for children to keep them quiet for a long time.
However, for those children who already have liver yang, heart and liver fire or liver qi stagnation, this will only lead to the child's yang qi depressed in the body, yang qi internal depression, and then appear temper irritability, hyperactivity, restlessness sleep and other hyperactivity, insomnia and other diseases, or liver hyperactivity, liver depression and fire and trigger liver wind, blinking, neck twisting and other tic symptoms.
If the child is suspected of having a tendency to tics, parents can do a tic screening through a professional scale to see if the child is at potential risk of tics
—Assessment Instructions——
This assessment is suitable for ages 3-24
It is mainly evaluated for the child's frequent blinking, throat clearing, shoulder shrugging, etc
In order to evaluate the results objectively and accurately, please check the box according to the actual situation of the child
How to prevent tics in life?
The appearance of tics often causes great distress and pain to the child. Parents should take steps to prevent their children's tics as much as possible and ensure that their children grow up healthy during growth and development. Here are the precautions parents can take:
1. Establish healthy lifestyle habits. Children's health is the most important, in order to protect children's physical health, parents can help children establish correct living habits. For example, regular schedule, more exercise, reasonable diet, etc. can help children's physical health.
2. Reduce stress your child faces. The more stress your child faces, the higher the chances of tics. Parents should pay attention to their children's emotional changes and reduce the impact of adverse factors such as children's academic pressure and family disputes on their children.
3. Boost your child's self-confidence. A child's self-confidence is an important factor in the child's growth process. Parents can provide more opportunities for their children to enrich their knowledge and experience through learning, travel, etc., and then enhance their children's self-confidence.
4. Do a good job of your child's home education. Family education is one of the most important factors in the growth of children. The development of the child is very dependent on home education. Parents should create a good family environment in family education, paying attention to their children's education methods and educational content.
5. Avoid watching TV shows that are too exciting. Watching overly stimulating TV shows increases the chance of a child's tics, and parents can appropriately limit their children's TV viewing time.
6. Timely detection and treatment of your child's illness. Some diseases such as infections, allergies, etc. may cause children to have tics, parents should detect and treat their children's diseases in time to avoid children's tics.
In short, parents should pay attention to their children's lifestyle, mental health and family education, establish a healthy family environment, avoid family disputes, and try their best to prevent their children's tics. If the child has tic symptoms, parents should take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to ensure the child's physical and mental health.