Made by: Jennifer Fessenden

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Tourettes syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, involving movements and vocalizations called tics. There was this doctor who’s name was Dr, Georges Gilles who was a French neurologists who first described and discovered tourettes in an 86 year old French noblewoman.

Eye blinking and other vision irregularities. Facial grimacing. Shoulder shrugging. Head or shoulder jerking. Repetitive throat clearing, sniffing or grunting sounds. Make sure to look for patterns of movements involving several muscle groups.

In reality the cause of Tourettes is still unknown. Scientists have learned that the cause of tourettes is equally complex. It most likely has to do with the brain in Basel ganglia, frontal lobes, and cortex. Also dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine which has to do with the circuits that interconnect.

If you don’t have Tourettes by the age of 18 then u will not have it at all. Many people mistake Tourettes syndrome for ADHD, PD, conduct disorder, depression, dyslexia, stuttering, mania, obesity, and alcoholism.

Before you can get any treatment it is important to get the right diagnosis. Each condition for tourettes has a different medication of treatment. Medications are only able to reduce the specific symptoms it will not cure it for good. Just enough to control them.

clonidine hydrochloride (Catapres®) guanfacine (Tenex®), two alpha 2-adrenergic agonists. guanfacine Clonidine ( an antihypertensive drug ) is actually a blood pressure medication that was found to ameliorate tics. blood pressure medication

clonidine hydrochloride (Catapres®) g uanfacineg uanfacine (Tenex®), two alpha 2-adrenergic agonists.

According to the News- Medical. Net tourettes is a spectrum disorder. It ranges from mild to severe. Majority of these cases are mild and need no treatment. People with tourettes no matter how bad the diagnosis still have a 100% normal life span. It may affect there living but it will not change there life span.

The research for tourettes syndrome is on going. But still considered a relativley new field. Many researchers belive that tourettes is caused by an abnormal metabolism of the neurotransmitters dopemine and serotonin. It is said that this disorder is geneticaly transmitted with parents having a 50% chance of passing the gene onto there children. Girls with the gene have a 70% chance of displaying symptoms, boys with the gene have a 99% chance of displaying symptoms.

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