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How are tics classified?

Two categories of tics and several other examples are:

Simple:

Motor -- Eye blinking, head jerking, shoulder shrugging and
facial grimacing.

Vocal -- Throat clearing, yelping and other noises, sniffing and tongue clicking.

Complex:

Motor -- Jumping, touching other people or things, smelling,
twirling about, and only rarely, self-injurious actions including
hitting or biting oneself.

Vocal -- Uttering words or phrases out of context and coprolalia (vocalizing socially unacceptable words).

The range of tics or tic-like symptoms that can be seen in TS is very broad. The complexity of some symptoms is often
perplexing to family members, friends, teachers and employers who may find it hard to believe that the actions or vocal utterances are involuntary.

 

 

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