Tics, Functional Tics, TikTok and COVID-19: A Pediatric Case Report
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Child, COVID-19, Pandemica, Social Media, Tic Disorders, TicsAbstract
Functional tics are a rare manifestation of the spectrum of functional neurological disorders. The phenomenological similarity with organic and simulated pathology poses important diagnostic challenges, but they should not be considered a diagnosis of exclusion. Recently there have been sudden outbreaks of bizarre tics in adolescent girls during the confinement imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, whose appearance seems to be related to the use of TikTok application and for which we intend to alert, through a clinical case illustrated with a video.Downloads
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