Tic

Tic douloureux: A synonym for trigeminal neuralgia. From the French, meaning literally a painful tic. See: Trigeminal neuralgia.
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Spasm - involuntary rigid muscle contraction, often persistent and often accompanied by pain. It usually has some underlying physical cause such as disease, strain, or injury to the muscle or nearby tissues, ...
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Transient tic disorders are characterized by single or many motor tics. Tics are brief, rapid, repetitive movements often resembling nervous mannerisms.
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Chronic motor tic disorder
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Tics are repeated, uncontrollable bursts of activity or speech. Chronic motor tic disorder is characterized by rapid, recurrent, uncontrollable movements OR by vocal outbursts (but not both).
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Tic disorders are generally differentiated based on the type of tics presented, the age of onset of symptoms, and the duration of symptoms.
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Tic douloureux
Review Date: 4/22/2004
Reviewed By: Joseph V. Campellone, M.D., Division of Neurology, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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TIC DOULOUREUX (Trigeminal Neuralgia)
SYMPTOMS"There is sudden darting pain which is severe, accompanied by spasms of the muscles of the face and tingling and burning of the skin.
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Chronic tic disorders
Not only do chronic tics persist, sometimes for years, but they change little in their character. While they don't usually need treatment, they can be disruptive, especially if a child realises that others think them strange.
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WHAT CAUSES TIC DISORDERS?
The cause of most tics is unknown, although there are a number of theories.
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Other possible factors in tic development include:
Male hormones. Some research suggests that exposure to male hormones, such as testosterone, during fetal development may play a role in the later development of TD.
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The first symptom of Tourette syndrome is usually a facial tic, such as eye blinking. As many as 1 in 200 children develops tics that last only a few weeks or months and then stop.
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Trigeminal Neuralgia/Tic Douloureux Association. P.O. Box 340, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006. (609) 361-1014.
Source: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Published December, 2002 by the Gale Group
The Essay Author is Carol A. Turkington.
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People often call trigeminal neuralgia "tic douloureux" because of a characteristic muscle spasm that accompanies the pain.
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The length of the attacks ranges from a few seconds to several minutes. Attacks may occur many times a day or only a few times a month or year. The problem usually affects men older than 40 years of age. It is also called tic douloureux ...
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