Did this girl have tourettes?!
Question: Did this girl have tourettes!?
today i went to the doctors surgery and as i was waiting this girl was making odd, sudden noises!.
basically, not being cruel but just describing it how it is, she was making sounds about 3 or sometimes 4 times over, just like a donkey!. it came out sort of like a cough and was very chesty!. when i heard her speak to her mum her voice sounded quiet like she was losing it through the "noise" she was making and i heard her comment that it was annoying!.
i felt really sorry for her because her "noises" were very loud, but i also wanted to know what exactly was causing this!.
could this be tourettes!? or was it whooping cough!?
also, a general question, how do you behave when someone has these "noises" or maybe they are called ticks!? i really wanted to smile at her so she knew that i didn't care about her ticks but i thought she might find that patronising!.
thanks in advance! xWww@Answer-Health@Com
basically, not being cruel but just describing it how it is, she was making sounds about 3 or sometimes 4 times over, just like a donkey!. it came out sort of like a cough and was very chesty!. when i heard her speak to her mum her voice sounded quiet like she was losing it through the "noise" she was making and i heard her comment that it was annoying!.
i felt really sorry for her because her "noises" were very loud, but i also wanted to know what exactly was causing this!.
could this be tourettes!? or was it whooping cough!?
also, a general question, how do you behave when someone has these "noises" or maybe they are called ticks!? i really wanted to smile at her so she knew that i didn't care about her ticks but i thought she might find that patronising!.
thanks in advance! xWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It was likely Tourette's!.
In infants, you get the traditional high pitched "whooping" sound with pertussis!. In older children and adults, it usually sounds like a typical cough with a quick inhalation afterward (to "catch your breath")!.
What you have described sounds like the vocal tics that can be associated with Tourette's!.
~Dr!. B!.~Www@Answer-Health@Com
In infants, you get the traditional high pitched "whooping" sound with pertussis!. In older children and adults, it usually sounds like a typical cough with a quick inhalation afterward (to "catch your breath")!.
What you have described sounds like the vocal tics that can be associated with Tourette's!.
~Dr!. B!.~Www@Answer-Health@Com
did she twitch!?Www@Answer-Health@Com