BBCNEWS BBC News January 29, 2022 13:20:00
Help through the nhs. edie is 16 and started getting physical and vocal tics when schools were closed because of covid. doctors say the number of teenage girls suddenly developing tics during the pandemic has risen. this is her story. they first started with just a simple neckjerk and then twitching and then vocal decided to come along. when i have, like, an overload of them, my body feels exhausted. my neck aches like hell. my throat sometimes hurts when i do have verbal ones, like grunts, physical. they do end up leaving marks. that might be what i have to deal with for the rest of my life. ...