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Trastorno crónico de tic motor - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

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

Tratamiento:

El tratamiento depende de la gravedad de los tics y de la forma como este trastorno lo afecte. La psicoterapia y los medicamentos se utilizan únicamente cuando los tics tienen un impacto mayor en las actividades diarias, tales como el desempeño escolar y laboral.

Los fármacos que se utilizan para tratar los tics abarcan los bloqueadores de dopamina, como flufenazina, haloperidol, pimozida y risperidona. Estos fármacos pueden ayudar a controlar o reducir los tics, pero tienen efectos secundarios como trastornos de movimiento y lentitud cognitiva.

Las inyecciones de toxina botulínica se utilizan para tratar ciertas formas tics distónicos.

En años recientes, la estimulación cerebral empleando electrodos implantados de manera permanente en el cerebro ha mostrado resultados prometedores.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

El pronóstico para los niños que desarrollan este trastorno entre los 6 y los 8 años por lo regular es muy bueno. Los síntomas pueden durar unos 4 a 6 años y luego cesan sin tratamiento a principios de la adolescencia.

Cuando el trastorno comienza en niños mayores y continúa hasta los 20 años, se puede convertir en una afección de por vida.

Complicaciones:

No suele haber complicaciones.

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Por lo general, no hay necesidad de acudir al médico para consultar por un tic, a menos que éste sea severo o altere su vida.

Si usted no puede diferenciar si sus movimientos son un tic o algo más grave (como una convulsión), consulte con el médico.

  • 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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