Most children with Tourette’s syndrome gradually improve their symptoms by adolescence and may be cured, but some children with Tourette’s syndrome have symptoms that persist into adulthood or even throughout their lives.
Tourette’s syndrome is a type of tic disorder characterized by progressive, involuntary, sudden, non-rhythmic, multi-site, diverse motor tics, accompanied by one or more kinds of outbursts of vocalizations and obscene language. The cause of this disorder is still unclear, and it may be related to genetic factors, neurophysiology, psychological factors and environmental factors, and other aspects.
Drug therapy combined with psychological counseling is an effective measure for the treatment of this disease. The main drugs are haloperidol, sulpiride, thiopride or risperidone, which should start from a small dose and gradually increase to an effective dose. After the symptoms are controlled, the dose should be gradually reduced and maintained for a period of time (3 months or longer), which can make many children return to normal.
Parents should closely observe the child’s condition during the period of illness, and go to the hospital in time. Under the guidance of the doctor to be drug treatment and psychological behavioral therapy, through active treatment of most patients with a relatively good prognosis, most of the children to puberty after the gradual improvement of the symptoms, but some children with symptoms continue into adulthood, or even lifelong.
Patients with Tourette’s syndrome need to be treated systematically under the guidance of a doctor.