People with Tourette's syndrome can have mood and behavioural problems, such as: Tics can be worse on some days than others. Tics are not usually harmful to a person's overall health, but physical tics, such as jerking of the head, can be painful. Swearing is rare and only affects about 1 in 10 people with Tourette's syndrome. People with Tourette's syndrome have a combination of physical and vocal tics.

They usually appear in childhood between the ages of 2 and 14 (around 6 years is the average). Tics are the main symptom of Tourette's syndrome. People with Tourette's syndrome may also have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or learning difficulties.

There's no cure for Tourette's syndrome, but treatment can help manage symptoms. It usually starts during childhood, but the tics and other symptoms usually improve after several years and sometimes go away completely. Tourette's syndrome is a condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics.

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