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Acupuncture Treatment: The Perfect Solution for Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome is a tic disorder. The so called 'tic' refers to making intermittent minor motor movements or sounds, which are quick and short. Sometimes tics occur in successive cycles over several months. When thought to be almost gone, they are manifested in another form. Tics can roughly be categorized into two types, the vocal type and the facial movement type. They commonly occur in early childhood, predominantly among children of preschool age or in the lower grades of elementary school, and mostly among boys. Research shows that most symptoms will disappear after the patient reaches adulthood.

    妥瑞症是一種神經異常tic disorder，所謂tics是間歇性的小動作或小聲音，迅速而短暫，有時候也會連續出現幾個月的周期，原以為要好了，結果又換成另一種tics表現。Tics約分二種，一種是聲音型、一種是表情型，好發於小兒，幼稚園與小學低年級居多，性別以男生較多。研究顯示患者長大成人後多數症狀會消失。

    每每跟診時遇到妥瑞小兒來求診，我都覺得他們超可愛，可看到它們不由自主無法控制的tics又覺得很心疼，因為有些父母說小兒累到自己承受不住主動講說想看醫師。我印象最深的卻是一個大孩子。是一個即將念大學，特地於開學前從美國來台找我老師看病的年輕男性。