Children with Tourette Syndrome

Children with Tourette Syndrome_Children with Tourette Syndrome_What are the causes of Tourette Syndrome in young children? Usually, children with Tourette Syndrome may be mentally stimulated or caused by physical illness. If there is a patient with Tourette Syndrome in the family, it may be that the child is imitating. Below we will explain to parents in detail the causes of tics in children.

What causes tics in children?

1. Habits and imitation: The child's initial tics are due to a conditioned escape response, such as blinking when there is a foreign object in the eye, or imitating the tics of others. Over time, a tic habit will be formed.

2. Physical factors: Children with certain nervous types are prone to this disease, such as nervousness, hyperactivity, emotional instability, sensitivity to people and things, etc. This disease is also accompanied by some unexplained headaches, abdominal pain, enuresis, etc., so it is believed that the occurrence of tics is closely related to the patient's physical constitution.

3. Mental factors: Some mental stimulation can also lead to the occurrence of this disease, such as family discord, excessive blame, and excessive learning requirements. These will cause people to have contradictory psychology, and tics will become the external manifestation of psychological contradictions. In addition, excessive children's activities can also lead to this disease.

4. Others: Some sudden illnesses, such as upper respiratory tract infection and minor brain damage can also cause this disease. Some people believe that this disease is a bad habit in children's development process.

2. The harm caused by tics

1. Tourette syndrome can cause learning difficulties

Children suffering from tics will experience a decline in academic performance and will not listen carefully in class. He has trouble concentrating and often loses focus because of trying to control tics, and he is unable to complete the homework assigned by the teacher on time. Without good living habits, you will gradually lose interest in the knowledge you have learned. Because he was often laughed at at school, he avoided food or things related to study, did not like going to school, and often liked to stay in a corner alone.

2. Tourette syndrome can lead to paranoid personality

Children with Tourette syndrome will be emotionally irritable and have a bad temper, and they care a lot about other people's opinions and attitudes towards them. Once others' views on them tend to be negative, they will develop a sense of disgust and tend to go to extremes. Due to their paranoid personality, they cannot get along well with people around them, have no good interpersonal relationships, often feel lonely, and cannot communicate normally.

3. Tourette syndrome can cause children to withdraw from society and have communication difficulties

Unable to establish good relationships with other people's families, they often develop a victim mentality, thinking that everyone around them is laughing at them and not trusting others. When interacting with others, they will unconsciously develop a sense of self-protection. When communicating with others, they often avoid physical contact or even eye contact with the other person, which will lead to communication barriers.

4. Tourette syndrome can cause psychological trauma to children

Children with Tourette syndrome will inevitably be ridiculed by some people, which will cause psychological barriers for the children and leave them with psychological trauma. This is the key. If psychological shadows are formed, people will refuse to participate in social activities.