Tic disorder in children should not be underestimated

  Some children who blink need to be concerned about the presence of tics if ophthalmologic problems such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, and impingement have been ruled out.  Pediatric tic disorder, although it has only been slowly recognized in recent years, has attracted the attention of parents and stakeholders. However, even so, it still does not allow parents of affected children to properly select treatment for their children and does not play a good role in guiding them. Often, they choose to seek medical attention only when their child’s symptoms are more severe, and are at a loss because they cannot find a standardized and effective treatment. It is important to remind parents that some parents often think that their children are naughty when they find these behaviors and do not care about them, so it is easy to ignore the condition, and when the symptoms are serious, the treatment becomes more difficult.  1, motor twitching: simple motor twitching, such as blinking, eyebrow raising, nose wrinkling, tongue sticking out, lip licking, head nodding, head shaking, shoulder shrugging, finger snapping, etc. occur alternately.  Complex motor twitches: the performance of more complete or slow twitches, such as the rotation of the eyes, facial twitching and lead to a particular expression, shoulders and arms or hands and feet to make a certain posture. If the child suddenly reaches out and slaps people, touches the furniture, hits his own body or has a dystonic posture such as rotating, jumping, standing up or bending the waist and abdomen, he is often misunderstood and disgusted by the people around him, and has to stop school or stay out of the house, and then becomes withdrawn and hostile to others, leading to social and personality impairment.  2. Voice twitching: Simple voice twitching is characterized by rapid and meaningless monotonous repetition, such as constant throat clearing, coughing, and involuntary sounds such as “uttering…”.  Complex vocal tics: some meaningful phrases or more complex sentences appear, and some of them are repetitive, stereotyped complete statements, or even slurs.  3. Other behavioral disorders: such as learning disabilities, inattention, etc.  Therefore, in the early stage of finding abnormal symptoms, the child should first be taken to confirm the diagnosis.