Clinical evaluation of patients with Tics Disorders at Medical College &Hospital, Kolkata

Dr Prasenjit Sengupta; Dr Asutosh Pal; Dr Sandip Pal

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Clinical evaluation of patients with Tics Disorders at Medical College &Hospital, Kolkata

Dr Prasenjit Sengupta, Dr Asutosh Pal, Dr Sandip Pal

Abstract :

Tics disorder, a variety of movement disorders, though uncommon in clinic population is not rare in community. We studied 28 patients (4.3%) suffering from various tics disorders in our Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology at Medical College, Kolkata over a period of three years. Nine patients were diagnosed to be cases of Tourette�s syndrome. Male were 89.3% and 78.5% of the patients were in first two decades. All the patients had motor tics and 46% had vocal tics. ADHD and OCD were present in 35.7% and 28.5% of patients respectively. Family history was positive in one–third of patients. About 80% of the patients showed good to moderate response to treatment.