‘TikTok Tics’: How teens recovered from the sudden, explosive neurological problem

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Many of the patients had watched popular TikTok videos of teenagers claiming to have Tourette syndrome. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CALGARY – Aidan’s tics erupted one day after school in early 2021, about a month after the long pandemic lockdown had ended. The 16-year-old convulsed while walking into the house, head snapping and arms swinging, sometimes letting out high-pitched whistles and whoops.

They rushed Aidan to the emergency room, but doctors found nothing wrong. After calling a neurologist, the family learned that more than a dozen adolescents in Calgary had recently experienced similar spasms. Now, experts are trying to tease apart the many possible factors – internal and external – that made these teenagers so sensitive to what they watched online.

“Adolescence is a period of rapid social and emotional development,” said Dr Tamara Pringsheim, a neurologist who co-led the studies in Calgary. “They are like sponges, grabbing on to new skills to cope.”

 

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