Name Of Disorder The tics The twitches Usually start showing between the age of seven amp ten M ales are 3 times more likely to have TS than females Many children outgrow the condition after their adolescent ID: 779987
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Tourette’s Syndrome
Hannah Snyder & Iyanna Glover
Slide2Name Of Disorder
The tics
The twitches
Usually
start showing between the age of seven &
ten
M
ales
are 3 times more likely to have TS than
females
Many
children outgrow the condition after their adolescent
years
Brain Disorder passed down through the family
Slide3Type Of Disorder
The disorder is in STRLK1
gene on
Chromosome 13
.
X linked Dominant
If a parent has the disorder, boys are at a 20-30% chance of getting it and becoming a carrier to their children as well as daughters having a 5-9% chance of getting it.
Slide4Slide5Symptoms Of The Disorder
Repetitive movements & sounds
: blinking the eyes
: jerking the head
: eye darting
: etc
.
Vocal
tics , yelling , clearing the throat , barking , &
hiccupping
: Self Injury
Slide6Diagnostic Testing
Both motor tics and vocal tics must be present, although not necessarily at the same time.
Tics occur several times a day, nearly every day or intermittently, for more than a year. There must not be a break in tics for more than a three-month period.
The onset of tics occurs before age 18.
Tics aren't caused by medications, other substances or another medical condition.
(its really tough to diagnose tourette’s because all symptoms are different)
Slide7Prognosis
The survival rate is very high, the only reason for someone not to survive from this is if the tics are complex and it makes them act out and the die of it naturally.
Examples
Stepping out in front of a car
Falling down the stairs
Etc.
This syndrome is not completely treatable but there is medication that can help with the severity of the tics.
Slide8Treatment
There truly is no treatment
There is medication that can help relieve some of the intensity of the tics
Slide9Current Research
There is no way to fight this disease but they are current trying tests to reverse some brain messages being sent out to prevent as many tics as happening daily in some clinical trials.
Slide10Genetic Counseling
Genetic counseling is a way of informing parents on what is to come if they don’t already know and different ways of managing their children's disorder or their disorder in some cases.
Slide11Punnett Square
Slide12Slide13A Great Story
Jaylen
Arnold, a 9-year-old boy with severe
Tourette
syndrome, OCD and
Asperger's
syndrome. He started developing tics at the age of two and they are what you would consider complex tics (involuntary). This hasn’t stopped
Jaylen
from going around to schools almost everyday and sharing his experiences with kids about tourette’s and bullies and saying tourette’s syndrome isn’t going to run his life.
Slide14Credits
http://
www.medicinenet.com/tourette_syndrome/article.htm
http://
ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/tourette-syndrome
http://
www.mayoclinic.com/health/tourette-syndrome/DS00541
http://
health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/childhood-conditions/raising-child-tourette-syndrome2.htm