Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: how to spot and manage it?
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disease that affects approximately 45,000 children in France.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
2 min
Known for insults or profanity uttered uncontrollably by people who suffer from it, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome tends to make people laugh.
And yet, this neurological disease causes intense suffering for the 45,000 children concerned in France.
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Grimaces, involuntary gestures, cries… This syndrome is characterized by the association of motor and vocal tics appearing before the age of 18.
What type of tics, uncontrolled movements, can Gilles de la Tourette syndrome suggest?
What type of care can reduce these sometimes stigmatizing symptoms?
Dr Andreas Hartmann,
neurologist and head of
the reference center for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
, at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital in Paris
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