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childhood ticks

My daughter is 10 years old.  She has had ticks a couple years ago with blinking her eyes alot.  That went away for a long time.  Just recently I noticed she says "ahem" and clears her throat alot.  She also nods her head alot too.  Should I draw attention to her to stop?  Should I just let it go? Should I call the pediatrician?  
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8590589 tn?1398849474
I have struggled with ocd disorder as a child I did similar tics. Take  her to the  doctor and ask what she thinks. She is lucky to have a mom who cares. God bless.
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973741 tn?1342342773
Hi there.  My son is also 10 and has tics on and off.  His are related to anxiety.  One is a vocal tic.  he says "yeah" which is called a complex tic and he also has a simple tic at times which is just a sound.  For my son, they are related to anxiety and being nervous or when he is trying to calm himself.  A common time that I see it is when he is going to bed (calming himself) or when he is excited at a family function and things like that.  I've talked to his pediatrician about it and his occupational therapist as he has sensory integration disorder.  It comes and goes and I try not to make a huge deal out of it.  At this point, he can control it when necessary such as at school.  he can stop himself.  So when at home, I let him do it as it seems to be part of a self soothing type of thing.  

We work on decreasing his overall anxiety which really helps keep this type of thing in check.  he also has lots of physical outlets which helps.  

Wishing you lots of luck.
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5914096 tn?1399918987
If your daughter has a history of tics, then you definitely need to run this by the pediatrician to determine if this new behavior is a tic.  Typically kids have no control over tics.  So if it is a tic, bringing the behavior to her attention probably isn't going to stop the behavior.
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