Nervous tics are involuntary (uncontrollable by the will) rapid contractions of the facial or skeletal muscles that can occur at any age.
Why does a nervous tic occur
Nervous tics are chaotic. The extrapyramidal system of the brain is responsible for automating our movements without the participation of the cerebral cortex.
Excessive excitement in this area leads to the appearance of a tic, as one of the symptoms of increased activity of the extrapyramidal system.
Pathology is dealt with by a neurologist in collaboration with a neuropsychologist.
Doctors identify different types of nervous tics in children.
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a drug-induced neurological disease, meaning it affects the brain and nervous system.
It causes abnormal and uncontrollable movements of the face, torso, and entire body.
How to understand that you have a nervous tic
These are uncontrolled, repetitive and stereotyped short movements that may outwardly resemble ordinary gestures, facial expressions or actions.
Nevertheless, a person himself cannot eliminate them by force of will.
Most often, tics occur on the face in the form of blinking, wrinkling of the forehead, licking of lips, flaring of the wings of the nose, and grimacing.
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