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Chapter 16 Unstoppable Twitching

A suffered from a strange disease when he was very young. He often twitched and couldn't stop at all. It was a bit like "playing the strings" that people often say, and sometimes even uttered obscene sexual words.Although A relied on tenacious perseverance to live hard and married a daughter-in-law, every time he got sick, he hurt others and himself deeply.In the sex life with his wife, he often uttered obscene language because of excessive excitement, which made it difficult for his wife to accept, which caused his marriage to also be in crisis. What happened to A?What disease did he have?
A's life can be described as ill-fated, and at the same time, he is an inspirational role model. He suffered from this strange disease when he was four or five years old. When he was seriously ill, he would have seizures every few minutes. Frightened by his sudden action, he hid aside.

Although the fate seemed so unfair, A did not give up fighting. He was talented and resolute. He not only successfully completed his university studies, but also found a job and pursued his beloved woman.However, A's work is not going well. Although he has outstanding abilities, his boss, colleagues and customers cannot bear the sudden onset of the disease. Change jobs frequently.

A's tics not only hurt himself, but also those around him. His wife filed for divorce many times because he couldn't bear his rude words and deeds.Because of his illness, A has low self-esteem like many patients, but he has won everything of a normal person with his amazing perseverance, but this cannot conceal his inner inferiority and irritability. Since he has nowhere to vent, he vents all these emotions on the on the wife.

During the intercourse with his wife, A had convulsions many times, which made his wife feel terrified, but there was nothing she could do about it.Sometimes when his wife is having sex, A suddenly twitches, and suddenly loses all sexual interest.

After the passion is often the most awake and normal time for A, because after the sexual excitement is over, A is in a calm state, and there is no convulsion during this period and during the subsequent deep sleep. A often uses this period of time to try to save his marriage. He sincerely apologized to his wife and eased the tense relationship between them.But shortly after each apology, he would repeat his old behavior again, which really broke his wife's heart.

But in life, A can be regarded as an excellent man. He is not only humorous, but also very responsive.No one can match his impromptu performance, and in many games and sports, he is the leader.The fast-paced dance is even more self-taught, so many people come here admiringly and want to worship him as a teacher. One of A's favorite games is to quickly pass through the revolving doors set up by many hotels. He judges the speed of the door turning faster and faster, and his footsteps are also coordinated very tacitly, making people standing by watching seem to enter the fast. Entering the world, he was speechless, needless to say, this gave A an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.But Mr. A himself knew that all this stemmed from his childhood twitching behavior and the accompanying nervous excitement.

A also tried to alleviate the symptoms through treatment, but he has not found a good solution. It was not until he accidentally read a paper on convulsions that he knew that he was suffering from a disease called "Tourette's disease".

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Tourette's syndrome was discovered and described by the French doctor Tourette, so it is named after him.This is a very serious tic disorder that includes motor tics, vocal tics, and combined tics.

Patients will make repeated and sudden movements or make sounds under their own strong compulsion, which feels like passively sneezing and can't stop, but they feel relieved after the convulsion ends.Often, the patient is able to exercise some self-control, reducing the intensity of the twitching behavior.

Researchers at first thought that there were very few people with Tourette's syndrome, because this strange condition was easily confused with simple convulsions or epilepsy, so the initial simple cases were treated with the above two diseases. Obviously did not prescribe the right medicine.

The average age of the first onset of the disease is 7 years old, as late as 21 years old, the symptoms are most severe in adolescence, and gradually eased later, but 10% of patients will become more and more serious, such as Mr. A in the case.

Tourette's disease can be relieved by medical treatment, but it is basically incurable. Most of the involuntary tics will not have much impact on daily life, but it will affect children's social skills and learning ability, and will be affected by the surrounding environment. The environment affects the formation of their character.Of course, the case of A is an exception, which has seriously affected normal life.

Patients with Tourette's syndrome often show symptoms such as agitation and instinct disorders. The source of the disease may be located in the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system and amygdala, which control people's basic emotions and intuition.

In layman's terms, people with Tourette's syndrome have bodies that are not under conscious control, and their brains have an excess of stimulating neurotransmitters, especially dopamine.This disease cannot be cured by drugs, and it largely depends on the patient's self-control. This is by no means easy to achieve, and it is not difficult to imagine the pain these patients face.

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