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Toe Walking Cond
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Persistent Toe-Walking vs Tourette Syndrome in Young Children
Persistent toe-walking is a gait pattern — a child habitually walks on the balls of their feet past the usual age, the same way every time. Tourette syndrome is a tic disorder: sudden, involuntary, varied movements (motor tics) and sounds (vocal tics) that come and go and change over time, usually starting around ages 5–7. Toe-walking is one constant way of walking; Tourette involves intermittent movements and sounds anywhere on the body. They are entirely different, and a clinician can tell passing tics from Tourette and habitual toe-walking from causes needing review.
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Persistent toe-walking and visual impairment are completely different. Toe-walking is a movement pattern — a child walking on the balls of their feet past about age 2 — linked to habit, tight calves or developmental differences. Visual impairment is reduced eyesight, shown by poor eye contact, not following faces or toys, squinting or bumping into things. They are assessed differently (feet and movement vs eyesight), though occasionally a child with reduced vision moves cautiously on tiptoe, so both deserve a gentle whole-child check.
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