A sudden onset of tics in a child may be due to an underlying infection-triggered autoimmune response.
The onset of tics, whether simple or multiple, occurs at approximately 7 years of age. The accepted prevalence figure for GTS is 0.05-3%. Although tics can appear as the result of brain injury, Huntington chorea or encephalitis, they are most commonly idiopathic. Genetic factors appear to be...
Her mother reported that when the patient was treated with an antibiotic for an ear infection, her tics and OCD symptoms improved. Given the rapid onset of her tics and OCD, as well as reported improvement of these symptoms with antibiotic therapy, in addition to teaching her how to ...
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as “the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after thorough investigation including a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, and detailed clinical and pathological review” [1]. The prevalence of SIDS has de...
Criteria for a broadened syndrome of acute onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed by a National Institutes of Health scientist and her colleagues. The syndrome, Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), includes childr
We contrasted patterns of attention that led to solving with insight versus analysis. We analyzed three phases of each trial separately: (1) preparation: 2 s prior to the presentation of each problem; (2) onset: the first 2 s following problem presentation; and (3) solution: the 2...