Tic in children?

summary

The number of children with tic disorder increased significantly. According to the survey data, about 10% to 24% of children had transient twitching at some time in their childhood. The incidence rate of tic is about 1%-3%, accounting for 33% of children's neurosis. Tourette's disease has become a common disease in pediatrics. Tic is a common chronic disease, not commonly referred to as ADHD in children, but sometimes the two diseases will be concurrent. The etiology of tic disorder is complex, which is related to genetic, biochemical metabolic disorders, brain and body diseases, mental trauma and psychological stress factors. Tic in children? Let's talk about it.

Tic in children?

The incidence of this disease is higher in the family members of children with genetic factors, especially in twins and siblings. It is suggested that this disease is related to genetic factors. Clinical observation shows that if there are similar diseases in the family, the onset age is earlier, the symptoms are more obvious, and the treatment effect is worse than those without family history.

Physical factors some neuropsychiatric types of children are prone to this disease, such as neuroticism, timidity, hyperactivity, emotional instability, sensitive to people and things and stubborn tendency. And this disease is often accompanied by headache, abdominal pain, constipation, enuresis, etc. of unknown cause, so it is speculated that children's tic syndrome is related to children's physical factors.

Mental factors some mental stimulation can induce the disease, such as excessive demands on learning, too much blame, family discord, emotional neglect or some tense atmosphere in the environment. These factors can cause children to have contradictory psychology. Tic behavior is the external manifestation of psychological contradictory conflict. In addition, excessive restrictions on children's activities can also be the cause of the disease.

matters needing attention

Although some of the causes of TiC are congenital, the acquired factors still account for the main part. As long as we pay more attention to prevention, we can stay away from the disease.