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A nervous TIC

Causes and symptoms of a nervous TIC


What is a nervous TIC?

Nervous TIC called repetitive and sudden jerky movements of certain muscle groups. A nervous TIC is a form of hyperkinesis (reduction of a muscle or group of muscles that occurs when the brain gives erroneous command). Sometimes rapid and consistent movement of nervous TIC may be accompanied by involuntary exclamations and pronouncing words. This occurs when the tick affects the vocal apparatus.

A nervous TIC has a number of varieties. It klassificeret groups of muscles involved in the pathological process. Thus, tics may be facial (facial), vocal (involving the vocal apparatus) and affecting the limbs. On the prevalence of are divided into local (involved one group of muscles) and generalized (involving multiple muscle groups). Also tics can be simple or complex. Simple tics are characterized by elementary muscle movements, and difficult to represent complex movements.

Tics also differ in origin. Primary tick occurs in children, mainly boys. Usually the beginning of pathology precedes any psychological trauma. This form of nervous TIC usually goes away on their own and can last from several weeks to several years. Secondary tics tend to develop after brain lesions (organic or dysmetabolic). Such lesions include trauma, poor circulation in the brain, encephalitis and intoxication. The third type is a hereditary nervous TIC refers to the syndrome of Gilles de La Tourette.


Causes of nervous TIC

The causes of nervous TIC are various injuries of the nervous system. The character can also be different: baby or birth trauma, circulatory disorders in the brain, head trauma, transferred meningitis or increased intracranial pressure.

Important reasons for the appearance of a nervous TIC are also psychological factors. Among them the most common are nervousness, anxiety, depression, fears, emotional stresses and so on.

Tics, like blinking or involuntary slatinany and the articulation of the sounds occurs due to hyperkinesis. It is also possible genetic predisposition to a nervous tick.

Symptomsa nervous TIC

The main symptoms of nervous TIC are sudden involuntary muscle contractions, movements, or complex sets of movements. A nervous TIC can be of different intensity, but always compelling. When a person tries to suppress a TIC, the voltage only increases and it increases.

The symptoms of a nervous tick always vary depending on location. On the face it manifests itself in the frequent blinking, eye rolling, mouth opening, movements of the eyebrows, wrinkling of the nose. Patients can wrinkle your nose and open your mouth, clicking tongue and spit, RUB the chin and grind their teeth, and so on. Symptoms of nervous TIC in the neck, shoulders or head are motion of the shoulders up and down, rotating head, nodding or pulling the neck. Also, the person may twitch hands, to bend or straighten them, clench his fists, snapping your fingers or move the shoulder. Tick in the torso is manifested by protrusion of the abdomen, chest or pelvis, muscle twitching abdomen or buttocks. Symptoms may be twitching of the toes and feet, bending legs at the knee or thigh a sudden movement of foot forward.

Vocal tics occur in the shouting profanity, emotional words. A sick person can cough, make sounds similar to barking dog, or the grunting of a pig.


Treatment of nervous TIC

Tics do not threaten human life, but are a serious obstacle to their socialization. Tics in children is often a cause of ridicule and bullying from peers, and in adulthood may interfere with work or personal life, cause complexes, stress and isolation.

Treatment of nervous TIC deals with the neurologist. If a nervous TIC is a secondary disease etiotropic therapy eliminates the cause. To eliminate the tick, apply symptomatic therapy, which provides doses and Botox. An important part of treatment is psychotherapy. With its help, carried out a correction of the behavior, help the patient gain confidence, relieve anxiety, stress, to learn to control the disease.