Quick Quiz

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Only one person with TS in ten swears involuntarily (the medical term is coprolalia)

SOME OTHER KEY FACTS

• One schoolchild in every hundred has TS.

• TS typically starts around the age of seven. It may persist throughout life, although symptoms often improve in late adolescence.

• Three times as many males as females have TS. 

• Nearly ninety per cent of people with TS have associated disorders as well, including obsessive behaviours and hyperactivity/attention deficit disorder.

• Parents with TS have a one in two chance of passing the gene to their children.

• TS is a neurological condition of unknown origin. Research is needed to improve quality of life for people with TS by discovering causes,routes to earlier diagnosis and better treatments.

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