How to deal with tics in children?

In recent years, there are more and more reasons for children to suffer from tics. Parents must be careful when taking care of their babies. If they find that their babies often make faces, shake their heads or shrug their shoulders, and in severe cases, they may even talk to themselves and swear, parents must pay attention to it. They may have tics. Babies with tics must be treated in time, otherwise it will affect their growth and development.

1. Mental factors. If the baby is frightened or inexplicably emotional, and if the parents do not discover and deal with it in time, the baby may suffer from childhood tics.

2. Physical factors. If the baby is nervous, timid, hyperactive, emotionally unstable, and sensitive to people and things, he or she is likely to suffer from childhood tics.

3. Family factors. If the parents have a tense relationship, are divorced, or scold or beat their children, these behaviors can easily lead to tics in babies.

4. Other factors. Sudden illnesses, such as upper respiratory tract infections and minor brain injuries, can also be triggers of tics in children. Studies have found that severe colds can also trigger tics.

Children with pediatric tics will have short, rapid, sudden involuntary movements, which may initially manifest as frequent blinking, squinting, sniffing, pursing, opening the mouth, sticking out the tongue, and nodding. As the disease progresses, the tics are not limited to facial expressions, and may appear alternately such as shrugging, twisting the neck, shaking the head, kicking the legs, shaking the hands, or twitching the limbs. The symptoms are more obvious when the emotions are tense or fluctuating.

In the early stages of tics in children, there will be some simple, involuntary motor tics, and very few will be simple vocal tics. Common tics are mainly concentrated on the face, such as blinking, squinting, rolling eyes, biting lips, opening mouth, nodding, shaking head, stretching neck, shrugging shoulders, etc. A few simple vocal tics present as repeated coughing, throat clearing, and humming. This disease is more common in children under the age of 12, and the most common symptom is blinking.

Diet therapy can help treat some mild symptoms of pediatric tics. You can eat animal bone marrow and brain. Regular consumption can nourish the kidneys and fill the marrow, improving children's memory and attention. You can also give your baby some meat, such as steamed fish. Fish is rich in many nutrients that are beneficial to the child's intellectual development.

If a child has pediatric tics, they should not be given fried foods, such as instant noodles, hot pot, grilled lamb skewers, etc. Greasy, sweet, and raw or cold foods should not be given to children.

How to treat tics in children

There are two types of medicines for treating pediatric tics: Western medicine and Chinese medicine. Western medicine mainly works by controlling motor nerves, but at the same time the child’s normal movements will also be affected, so the dosage needs to be controlled. The current Chinese medicine is "Jingling Oral Liquid".

However, all medicines are toxic, so it is generally not encouraged to use drugs to treat childhood tics. However, when the condition is serious, Western medicine can be used to control it slightly (long-term use is not recommended), and Chinese medicine can be used as an auxiliary. In addition, diet is also very important. Don’t let your children eat greasy food, and let them eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.

When parents find that their children are sick, they must not stop, correct or scold them, otherwise the baby's self-esteem will be hurt. Many parents choose to treat their children with massage, but in theory acupuncture will have a certain effect, while massage is ineffective.