llergy symptoms respond favorably to allergy treatments, their manifestations of TS are at the same time reduced. There are also some who believe touch therapy helps some Tourette sufferers.Tourette Syndrome carries many problems. Some children and adults have difficulty in handling frustration and anger. They may strike out at others and at themselves. They may hit, kick, bite, or throw things. Some people with Tourette have touching tics. They feel a compulsion to touch breakables, hair, or clothing. Some may touch the ground as they walk; others touch things with their nose or tongue. More serious problems arise when the person touches their breasts and genitals in public. Some may even touch hot stoves and electrical wires.Many people with TS have the need to smell things. Some smell their shoes before they put them on; others smell their underwear after they take them off. Some smell the grass and the leaves, and some others smell people. This obviously creates a dilemma. Some TS sufferers develop self-injurious behavior. These people feel the need to cause themselves pain, to make themselves bleed, and generally just hurt themselves. They may cut themselves with razors, bang their heads on the wall, or hit their hand against something until they hear their bones crack.Some Touretters develop sleep disorders. TS sufferers do have sleeping tics, both motor and phonic, and suffer from disturbed sleeping patterns. Some have difficulty in falling asleep, early waking, sleep walking and sleep apnea. Children are likely to have night terrors and bed wetting problems.For Touretters, going out in public and dealing with strangers can be major ordeal. But most sufferers try to explain to the staring strangers that they have a medical condition. Others ignore the starer and like there is nothing wrong. Wearing a medic alert bracelet or necklace can help with medical and police emergency situations. People with TS learn t...
