Tics
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Brief, sudden involuntary stereotyped
purposeless movement involving the muscles of the face, extremities and trunk
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Worsens with anxiety
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May be able to be controlled for
a short while
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Go away in sleep
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If florid, look like repeated
myoclonic seizures
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Chronic Motor Tics:
o Goes on for more than a year
o Life long tendency
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Chronic Multiple Tics:
o = Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
o Onset usually 2 – 15 years
o Boys > girls
o Tendency for life
o Multiple motor and vocal tics which wax and wane
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Wide spectrum from minor ® severe
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