Open AccessMimic tic in a patient with temporomandibular articulation
Author(s) -
S. A. Zizevskiy,
G. G. Nasibullin
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj104552
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , reflex , mechanism (biology) , muscle tension , medicine , psychology , temporomandibular joint , physical medicine and rehabilitation , orthodontics , neuroscience , philosophy , epistemology , politics , political science , law
Mimic tic refers to diseases whose pathogenesis may be due to a reflex mechanism. Its clinic is characterized by involuntary muscle twitches on one half of the face. As a rule, convulsions begin spontaneously, are easily provoked during eating, talking, mental and physical tension, appear only during the waking period and are completely painless. It affects people of different ages.