Anesthesia and tics?

[TessaKrista]

I am worried that my 8 year old son has a hernia and might end up having surgery. He lifted some heavy stuff, and later on while he was in bed, asked me why his tummy hurt so much. I discovered that there was an uneven feel to his left side as compared to the right side of his belly button area. I became ultra worried.

 

Decongestants and antihistimines make his tics skyrocket, to the point where they last forever and ever...4 months on end. Won't do that again. He finds that bubble gum gives him shoulder tics, approx one hour after he chewed gum on "gum chewing day" at school last year. He hit his head on the soccer post in the summer, and the next day, he had neck tics that lasted approximately one month long. If he has too much dairy, he has tics. If he swims in pools, he has tics. When he gets a bit sick, the tics start a bit.

 

So.... I am wondering if anyone out there has had any adverse reaction with anesthesia and their child's tics starting up again after an operation.

 

After his strep experience, I have become extra vigilant about him gettin strep, to prevent the horror that happened before. I keep his stress levels low now, and emphasize having fun, instead of a whole bunch of programs. I am still a big worrier though. Tonight for example, when he told me that his abdominal area hurt, and I saw what appeared to be something out on one side as compared to the other side, I got really scared, and started freaking out in a worried way, and asked my husband to come and help out, because I was too worried to be effective. My son started crying, because I told him that I didn't know how an operation was going to impact on him, and I told him that I didn't want him carrying heavy things (the food drive stuff for school and this heavy box that he lifted in the car). I obviously worry a lot about him. My world really changed when Pandas hit our home, and tics accompanied them.

 

Any feedback is appreciated.

 

 

Thanks....

Edited December 7, 2011 by Sweet Cheeks Mom

[Chemar]

Hi

did you post this on the PANDAS forum as well? My son did not have any increased tics after anaesthetic for an endoscopy/colonoscopy when dx with Crohn's...but he is TS not PANDAS so things may be different for your child