Almost 17 percent of Spanish children suffer tics

Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

Experts have confirmed it: tics are not a rare or uncommon disorder. It is the second study to be conducted in Spain to date, and the first of great importance, revealing that the prevalence of these motor disorders in the child population is 16.86%. The incidence is greater in boys than girls, and they tend to disappear or reduce with age.

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