Treatment of nerve tics in children - a nervous tic in a child

Nervous tics - a fairly common disease, it is observed in every fifth child up to 10 years. Despite this, not every parent is prepared to solve this problem. Nervous tics are a neurological disorder that is often accompanied by functional disorders: attention and perception disorders, including spatial perception, coordination disorders.

Interesting facts

Let the nervous tics significantly worsen the quality of life of the child, they may become the cause of ridicule in the kindergarten and school, it is reliably known that among the people who left their mark in world history, many suffered from nervous tics. Moreover, most of these people are recognized geniuses, for example, Michelangelo, Napoleon, even Alexander of Macedon. If we turn to Russian history, the most famous person here is Peter I.

It turns out that nervous tics in some ways give the child an advantage over peers. Moreover, it is absolutely certain that, having recovered from nervous tics, a person loses his talent as well. This is a mysterious disease.

Insidiousness of nerve ticks

The predisposition to nerve tics is inherited - this is proved by Japanese researchers. A gene is found in the DNA, which is responsible for the possibility of developing this deviation. He can doze for the time being, until the child has suffered some stress - these are not necessarily negative emotions associated with significant events, for example, parents' divorce. The starting point can be and far less global event, even that which will cause positive emotions. In addition, nervous tics can occur both as a consequence of infectious diseases, and as a result of serious injuries.

Intensity of nerve ticks is unstable. Moreover, the child can even make the tics disappear for a short time. However, the reverse side of trying to control nerve tics is the intensification of their intensity for a short time after the control period. The same effect is observed when the child is something very interested in or concentrating some kind of work: first, the tics stop, and then come back with an even greater amplitude of muscle contraction than was before.

Faced with the problem of nerve tics in children, it should be remembered that seriously aggravating the course of the disease watching TV, the forced preservation of the same body posture. Treatment of nerve tics in children should be comprehensive. In spite of the fact that often nervous tics do not prevent the child, but others, they need to be treated, because the inadequate response of peers to the disease will only aggravate the stress, and hence the course of the disease.

Treatment

Integrated treatment of nerve ticks includes:

• psychological methods of exposure;
• physiotherapy procedures;
• medication;
• surgical intervention( in the most severe cases, for example, with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome).

Root of nervous tics in the restrained emotions, anxieties, therefore first of all doctors advise to normalize a mode of a dream and rest, to smooth an emotional background in a family, to organize a healthy way of life, correctly to eat.

Now a little more. What does it mean to smooth out the emotional background in the family? This means to save the child from contemplating family quarrels, abuse and any manifestations of negativity, albeit not in relation to him, every day to please the child, to organize recreational activities.

It is especially important for the child that parents do not focus on the features that are manifested in his behavior. Moreover, one can not express in any way his discontent with a nervous tic, including upset, crying, feeling sorry for the child, "making" an invalid from him. Moral pressure will worsen the situation, because the child is not able to take and get rid of nervous tics, they appear against his will.

It is necessary to exclude sweets from food, from daily activities - computer and TV, it is necessary to spend more time outdoors, but also to make sure that the child is not very tired.

The next step is psychological correction - it can be carried out individually, in groups with the same children or with family members, when the patient's unhealthy psychological situation in the family.

If the above-described methods of treatment did not bring a positive result, prescribe medications aimed at reducing anxiety, reducing the intensity of involuntary movements. In addition prescribe vitamins and nootropic drugs to improve brain metabolic processes.

It goes without saying that in the absence of a result after providing "first aid" in the form of lifestyle changes for the better, with a serious course of the disease and with the progression of the disease, despite the measures taken, it is necessary to monitor a neurologist.