Reflux refers to the back flow of either urine or acid in your body. Stomach acid can back up and move up your digestive tract, what is medically known as gastroesophageal reflux or larygopharngeal reflux disease. When urine backs up your urinary...
Tourette Syndrome, or TS, is a rare, noncontagious, possibly genetic neurological condition affecting approximately 3 in 1,000 children, according to KidsHealth. TS is characterized by vocal and motor tics that may get better and worse throughout...
Tics are repetitive, stereotyped movements, such as lip smacking, throat clearing or grimacing. People can suppress tics for a while but eventually feel compelled to give in to the impulse, in order to relieve the tension that builds up when the...
Facial tics, defined as repetitive movements or spasmodic muscle movements, happen to the facial muscles or eyes. The movements or spasms repeat the same pattern without any real cause or purpose. The facial tics most often start in childhood and...
Although blinking is the most common type of tic, the condition can involve any area of the body. From clearing the throat to repeatedly grimacing, the repetitive behaviors and sounds worsen under stress and fatigue. Tics affect up to 25 percent...
Eye blinking is part of a larger class of movement disorders called tics. These are repetitive movements---including twitches, grimaces and even throat clearing---that a person is unable to control and sometimes unaware of. Simple tics tend to be...
