In most cases, medication for tics is not necessary, and behavioral therapies are the first-line treatment. There is no cure for Tourette's and no single most effective medication. Tourette's does not affect intelligence or life expectancy.
Extreme Tourette's in adulthood, though sensationalized in the media, is rare, but for a small minority, severely debilitating tics can persist into adulthood. Therefore, many go undiagnosed or may never seek medical attention. There are no specific tests for diagnosing Tourette's it is not always correctly identified, because most cases are mild, and the severity of tics decreases for most children as they pass through adolescence. It is no longer considered rare about 1% of school-age children and adolescents are estimated to have Tourette's, and coprolalia occurs only in a minority. Tourette's was once regarded as a rare and bizarre syndrome and has popularly been associated with coprolalia (the utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks). The tics often go unnoticed by casual observers. Tourette's is at the more severe end of a spectrum of tic disorders. These are typically preceded by an unwanted urge or sensation in the affected muscles known as a premonitory urge, can sometimes be suppressed temporarily, and characteristically change in location, strength, and frequency. Common tics are blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements.
It is characterized by multiple movement (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. Tourette syndrome or Tourette's syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette's) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. Usually none, occasionally neuroleptics and noradrenergics Ĩ0% will experience improvement to disappearance of tics beginning in late teens Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), namesake of Tourette syndrome Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS), combined vocal and multiple motor tic disorder