(Alice in wonderland syndrome)
From a popular movie to a medical condition
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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) a rare neurological condition associated with a set of symptoms that affect
how you perceive your body and the world around you. AIWS can cause you to see
things as either smaller or larger than they are and affect how you perceive
the passage of time and motion. For example, you may feel like time, people or
objects are sped up, moving slowly or aren\'t moving at all.it highlights the
brain’s fragile grip on reality.
Named after Alice in Wonderland,
where Alice’s strange size changes echo these experiences, the syndrome blurs
the line between reality and illusion, much like the unpredictable world
depicted in the movie.
Common symptoms:
1. Distorted
body image: A
sensation of feeling larger or smaller than one’s actual size.
2. Altered
perception of surroundings: objects or people appear to change in size or shape.
3. Time
distortion:
a feeling that time is moving more quickly or slowly than normal.
4. Visual
disturbance:
hallucinations or changes in how things are seen.
5. Dizziness
or disorientation.
What causes Alice in Wonderland
syndrome and who is at risk?
More research is needed to understand exactly why AIWS occurs.
but several conditions are considered possible causes, such as:
·
Migraines
·
Brain tumors
·
Epstein-Barr virus, Zika virus infection.
·
Lyme disease.
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Epilepsy
·
Drugs like psychoactive agents.
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Treatment:
There is no treatment for Alice
in Wonderland Syndrome. The best way to treat this condition is simply by
helping the patient become more comfortable.
For example, if the problem is
caused by migraines, the treatment of the migraine itself may be the best way
to alleviate Alice in Wonderland Syndrome symptoms.
A migraine prophylaxis followed
A migraine diet is the most common attempt at treatment, but this “fix” may
or may not help with AIWS. AIWS mainly occurs in children and, in most cases,
goes away over time.
