Tourettes teen 'brays like donkey'

A US teenager with Tourette's syndrome started braying like a donkey soon after getting pregnant.

A US teenager with Tourette's syndrome started braying like a donkey soon after getting pregnant.

Cody Hagel - who has experienced between 10 and 20 leg twitches and head jerks a day for years - started making the unusual noise days after conception and she finds it "embarrassing".

The 18-year-old - who has two donkeys called Oliver and Rachel - explained: "It's a familiar sound on the farm so that probably explains why I've started to mimic it.

"I have my own theory why this has happened. My Tourettes started with the onset of puberty and I think my pregnancy hormones are probably to blame for the change in my tics.

"The braying started pretty much immediately after I fell pregnant and I've been suffering with it ever since.

"It is embarrassing but my family are very understanding. If people start looking awkward or staring it makes it worse. So they tend to act like it's completely normal."

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