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Trastorno crónico de tic motor - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Trastorno crónico de tic vocal; Tic: trastorno de tic motor crónico

Síntomas:

Parpadeo excesivo
Gestos faciales
Movimientos rápidos de brazos, piernas u otras áreas
Sonidos (gruñidos, carraspeo, contracciones abdominales o diafragmáticas)

Las personas pueden contener estos síntomas durante un período de tiempo breve, pero experimentan una sensación de alivio cuando realizan estos movimientos. Los pacientes típicamente los describen como responder a un deseo interno y pueden tener sensaciones anormales en el área del tic antes de que éste ocurra.

Los tics pueden continuar durante todas las etapas del sueño y pueden empeorar con:

Excitación
Fatiga
Calor
Estrés

Signos y exámenes:

Por lo general, el médico puede diagnosticar un tic durante un examen físico. Normalmente no se necesitan exámenes.

Para que le diagnostiquen este trastorno usted:

Debe haber tenido tics casi a diario durante más de un año.
No debe haber tenido un período sin la presencia de tics por más de 3 meses.

Sistema nervioso central

Reviewed last on: 3/21/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Jankovic J. Movement disorders. In: Goetz, CG, ed. Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 34.

Lang A. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 434.

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