{"id":49898,"date":"2025-06-12T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49898"},"modified":"2025-06-12T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:11:17","slug":"tourette-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tourette-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourette Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourette Syndrome Latest News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourette syndrome affects an estimated 0.3% to 1% of the global population.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Tourette Syndrome<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>neurological disorder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that causes sudden, <\/span><b>involuntary movements or vocal sounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as <\/span><b>tics.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It typically emerges between ages 2 and 15, with the average onset around six.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It affects an estimated 0.3% to 1% of the global population, with a higher prevalence among boys than girls.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tics can range from mild to severe. In severe cases, they can significantly impact <\/span><b>communication, daily functioning, and quality of life.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tics are broadly <\/span><b>classified as simple or complex<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Simple motor tics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involve a single muscle group and include eye blinking, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head jerking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Simple vocal tics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include throat-clearing, sniffing, barking, or grunting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Complex motor tics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involve coordinated patterns and may include touching objects, hopping, or bending.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Complex vocal tics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may involve repeating one\u2019s own or others\u2019 words (echolalia), or, in rare cases, using obscene language (coprolalia).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tics often <\/span><b>worsen with stress or excitement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and may improve when the person is calm and focused. They typically reduce during light sleep and disappear in deep sleep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourette\u2019s rarely occurs in isolation. It commonly <\/span><b>coexists with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> learning disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment for Tourette Syndrome<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, there is no cure for this syndrome but treatments are available to help manage some symptoms.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cognitive Behavioural Therapy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CBT) has shown very promising outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/understanding-tourette-syndrome-and-its-management\/article69678909.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder marked by sudden, involuntary tics\u2014repetitive movements or vocal sounds that vary in frequency and severity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,808,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-49898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-tourette-syndrome","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}