Moderator: Some parents think that their child’s tics will slowly heal on their own as they get older, is that true? Can children with tics heal on their own without medical intervention? Yanling Ren: Generally speaking, the prognosis for transient tics, i.e., symptoms that last for more than two weeks but not more than one year, is relatively good. It is possible that the child may have the symptoms for a while and then get better after that time. It is necessary for parents to recognize the nature of this disease. If the parents do not recognize it and scold the child, the psychological factor of the tic will not heal on its own if the child is still present. The doctor’s guidance does not necessarily require medication or any treatment, but sometimes it is to guide the parents to recognize the nature of the disorder and to make some adjustments in the child’s daily life, which can help the child recover from the disorder. If parents find that their child has a problem, they need to go to the hospital in time to try to achieve early detection and early intervention. In addition, chronic tic disorder has a delayed course, lasting for more than a year, with a good time of no more than two months in a year, and always appearing intermittently. It is possible that the twitching of the mouth may start again after the eyes have been squeezed, or the twitching of the hands or the nodding of the head, which is a fluctuating condition. The fluctuation is not only in time, as the child may have twitching symptoms at one time, get better after a while, and then have the problem again after a while; the fluctuation is also in the symptoms, as the site of the twitching changes constantly. Chronic tic disorder has a prolonged course and the tic symptoms last for a long time. Generally speaking, the tic symptoms may resolve during adolescence, and the tic obscura syndrome may also resolve during adolescence, but there are still some children whose tic symptoms continue into adulthood. Sometimes we see adults who have frequent eye squeezing, but who feel that it has minimal impact on their work and life and have accepted it as part of themselves.