Repeated, involuntary muscle twitches and vocal twitches occur anywhere in the body and are clinically manifested by a variety of movements, including frowning, blinking, pouting, head bobbing, head nodding, neck turning, shoulder shrugging, hand shaking, foot stomping, leg kicking, etc. As a result of the twitching of the vocal organs and diaphragm, throat-clearing sounds, coughing sounds, chicken sounds, hiccups, etc. are produced.
According to the composition and duration of the movement, it can be divided into
1.Transient tic disorder: lasting at least 2 weeks, but not more than 1 year.
2.Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder: symptoms occur frequently and persistently, often for more than 1 year, with intervals of no more than 2 months
3.Twitching-obscene syndrome: vocal twitching and motor twitching are present at the same time.
The cause is unknown, but Chinese medicine believes that it should be attributed to the emotional pathogenesis. The seven emotional changes of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear and fright, if they bother the child for a long time, can cause tic disorder.
Treatment
Those with mild symptoms do not require special treatment, while those with chronic tic disorder and tic disorder can be treated with medication that mostly achieves satisfactory results.
Less than 20% of patients with Tourette’s syndrome will develop into a severe condition that is difficult to control with medication and can be controlled with surgery. However, surgery is risky and should only be considered if there is extremely severe self-injurious behavior and adequate medication has failed.
Daily Precautions
1, when the child is diagnosed with this disease, parents should have confidence. Although the treatment of this disease is relatively troublesome, most of the prognosis is still good, lifting the psychological factors may be natural remission.
2. Parents should not scold their children and avoid spousal quarrels. Do not gaze at the child when he or she is twitching, as this can cause a psychological pressure on the child, but turn a blind eye to it. Give the child more encouragement, care, build self-confidence and relieve stress.
3. Communicate with school teachers to avoid giving sensitive language criticism to the child, and avoid letting the child participate in strenuous sports, such as military training, long-distance running, competitive sports activities and heavy physical activities;
4.Help children to develop a reasonable work and rest schedule, do not overwork, to maintain sufficient sleep, study time should not be too long.
5, pay attention to the treatment period of the diet, give children with tics eat more vegetarian food, do not drink drinks, is very important to cure as soon as possible
Do not eat instant noodles, fried foods, shabu-shabu, grilled lamb skewers, ham, sugar, chocolate puffed foods, and other bagged foods containing preservatives and color additives.
Do not eat spicy and irritating foods such as raw ginger, raw onion, raw garlic, raw and cooked chili. Do not eat greasy, high lead content food
No ice-cream, no drinks (Sprite, cola), herbal tea, tonic high soup.
Foods recommended for children with the disease are.
Eat more vegetables, fruits, coarse grains, soy products.
Animal brains and bone marrow: steamed and boiled can be eaten regularly to benefit the kidneys and fill the marrow, improve concentration and memory.
Fresh fish steamed (especially sea fish): fish contains many substances beneficial to intellectual development, steamed to eat, the composition of less damage, with educational effect.
Lotus seed lily porridge: lotus seed lily two medicines plus round-grained rice into a porridge, eat once a day in the morning, has the kidney and spleen, calm the mind.
Poria yam porridge: Poria powder and fresh yam boiled with the right amount of corn flour boiled into porridge, can strengthen the spleen to help transport to eliminate phlegm and dampness.
Milk and natural foods containing water and vitamins: the most suitable for the daily consumption of the affected children, try to eat more vegetables, do not indiscriminately tonic
During the seasonal exchange period, especially in spring and autumn, when colds are at their peak, attention should be paid to the children’s clothing and clothing to prevent colds, as colds can easily cause relapses or recurrence and aggravation of symptoms.
Do not watch TV for more than half an hour a day, and do not watch too intense, stimulating images, and avoid watching TV for those who are seriously ill. Avoid using computer, if you really need to study, you should not use the computer for more than half an hour each time, and avoid excessive use of computer or playing games.