Do Food Allergies Cause Neck/head Tics?
What Is It?
A tic is a sudden, rapid, repetitive movement (motor tic) or vocalization (vocal tic).
There are two main types of tics:
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Simple tics involve one muscle group
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Simple motor tics include head shaking, eye blinking, sniffing, neck jerking, shoulder shrugging and grimacing. These are more common.
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Simple vocal tics include coughing, throat clearing and barking.
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Complex tics involve more than one...
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