Disease of Gilles of Tourette

The disease of Gilles of Tourette is a serious neurologic affection which one should name Syndrome since it results in the various following demonstrations, with variable degrees:

turbid obsessional-compulsifs (FAKE);
verbal and sound tics: the Coprolalie, symptom touching between 10 and 15% of the listed cases and the echolalia, more frequent;
driving tics (muscular spasms) assigning the neck, the upper limbs, the trunk and also, in several cases, the face with grimaces and uncontrolled crispations.

Generally, the syndrome of Tourette is diagnosed towards the 16 years age. However, the disease appears in general between 3 and 8 years, and a male prevalence is known to him (3 boys for 1 girl).

It was described in 1885 by the French neuropsychiatrist Gilles of Tourette.

It is possible to treat it by Neuroleptique S such as the Risperidone, of the Antidépresseur S (associates with the Neurosécrétion of Sérotonine) or of the Anxiolytique S (Benzodiazépine S).

To date, the etiology is unknown, but it is supposed that it would be caused by a dysfonction of certain cerebral receivers to neurotransmitters. One of these neuro-mediating substances is the Dopamine, and the simplifying assumption would be that the syndrome of Gilles of Tourette is the opposite of the Parkinson's disease.

The syndrome of Gilles of Tourette never evolves to the Démence.

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