tourette syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Tourette syndrome : Oliver Sacks writes in his book about Tourette syndrome as an inherited neurological dis , it is a rare disease of the nerves , that starts from childhood it is noticeable by the repeated physical motor tics and vocal tics , these tics can become chronic , Tourette syndrome is a very serious dis

Oliver Sacks in his book `The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 'describes Tourette syndrome as a genetic condition that is inherited from parents , in the title story he writes about his patient with a

br perception dis so strong that he really mistook his wife 's head for a hat , Dr .Sacks can best explain the diss of the right hemisphere of the brain , cases in which tumors accidents , and unsoundness of mind lead to syndromes these diss affect the memory and perception of the victim affecting his personality and behavior , in this case Dr .P was a music teacher whose perception of vision was lost , but his other sense was becoming strong as he could play music and was the music teacher till the end (7-21 , Dr . Sacks later disclosed that his patient had a large tumor in the visual part of his brain .The cause of Tourette syndrome is not known , according to research it occurs when there is a problem of communication between the brain and the nerves . A disturbance in the balance of neurotransmitters , it is the chemical in the brain that carries nerve signals from cell to cell and that may be the cause of Tourette syndrome . Symptoms of Tourette are noticed by the sudden voluntary or involuntary movements , called motor tics and that can be simple or complex , with

this there is one vocal tic also , these tics may last for a few minutes or a little longer , tics involve uncontrolled twitching of the muscles simple tics are like eye blinking , leg jerking , clapping , coughing repeated throat clearing complex tics are sniffing sneezing making throaty sounds and jumping , throwing thing , tics may appear suddenly and are recurring , and occur differently in each patient . Tics are sudden out bursts of abnormal behavior , vocal tics are Coprolalia (the utterance of abusive , and objectionable words , Echolalia (repeating words of others , and palilalia (repetition of one 's own words , the most common vocal and motor tics are eye blinking and throat clearing Tourette is diagnosed when the person has multiple motor tics . Dr .Sacks cites that creativity , imagination , and inventiveness good memory are some examples of , artists , athletes , having Tourette may be able to manage their tics and control at the time of their work (Meyers ,1998 , Sacks gives one such example of a disc jockey who while off air , uttered obscene words but , when he was on air he would be normal , Sacks points out that the disc jockey is able to use his vocal tic to his advantage with creative skill as a positive part of his job performance , his Tourette works as an advantage for him Tourette occurs...