The increased use of social media increases nervous tics in children. This was the result of research presented at the American Academy of Neurology.
In this sense, the findings showed that tics are involuntary and can be spasms, movements and sudden sounds. Keep reading and understand this discovery better!
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Involuntary tics in children due to social networks
The study followed 20 participants aged between 11 and 21 years old and, approximately 90% of them reported both the appearance of tics and the increase in the time of use of the social media.
The survey was presented at the American Academy of Neurology, based in Seattle, United States, and showed that the increase in nervous tics may be related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than half of the interviewed participants spend, on average, 5.6 hours a day browsing social networks. Furthermore, around 85% of volunteers reported that tics increased after the start of the pandemic. Furthermore, 50% recognized that the use of social networks aggravated their tics.
More studies are still needed to assess
Considering that the study sample was small (only 20 participants) and that it is a relatively recent topic, more is still needed studies with the aim of analyzing whether there really is a relationship between the use of social networks and the appearance of nervous tics in people.
Canadian study also showed that social networks can cause tics in young people
A study by the University of Calgary (Canada) showed that users of social networks, especially TikTok, are developing tics. The publication of the research was carried out in the journal Movement Disorders and highlights the considerable increase in cases of tics during the pandemic in girls aged between 12 and 25 years.
In addition, the study also highlighted that participants reported, in addition to tics, anxiety and mood disorders. This is explained by the stress caused by social isolation during the pandemic, combined with the longer time on social media.
Anyway, the effects of the pandemic, especially on the mental health of children and young people are still being studied. However, by all indications, the last two years have been quite damaging for these groups.
