tourette

Title: tourette
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tourette

Tourette Sydrome, commonly called TS, is an inhereted brain disorder. Some characteristics of TS are uncontrollable body movements known as tics and uncontrollable vocal noises. All ethnic groups are affected and men are three to four times more likely to have it than women. Symptoms vary from preson to person and also vary in how severe they are. Research into causes is ongoing and there is no known cure. Conditions associated with Tourette's include obsessive …showed first 75 words of 775 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 775 total…problems, and impulsiveness. Symptoms include involuntary movements of limbs or twitches in other parts of the body which are called tics and also include involuntary vocal noises. Severity of symptoms varies from person to person with most people not having very severe symptoms. It does not discriminate by ethnicity but does affect men three to four times more often than women. Studies into what causes TS and the best way to cure it are ongoing.

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