Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alice in Wonderland syndrome:-
Prepared by Mohammed areefrubsamjani (occupational therapy & physiotherapist)
Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a mental disorder that causes mental retardation.
Another name for Alice in Wonderland syndrome is Todds syndrome. It is a rare condition that temporarily changes the way the brain perceives things.
An English psychiatrist named John Todd coined the syndrome.The name appears in Lewis Carroll's book, Alices Adventures in Wonderland, in which the main character, Alice, encounters similar situations that occur with this condition.
AIWS can affect people at any age, but research shows that it is more common in children and adolescents.
AIWS can affect the way a person: -
to see
hearing
touch
hearing
time
The most common visual acuity is micropsia, in which a person sees smaller objects, and teleopsia, in which objects appear farther away than they are real.
There are three main stages of the syndrome that vary in type of perceptual disorder
Type A, in which the disturbances are emotions, or nerves
Type B, which affects the visual senses
Type C, which is a mixture of types A and B
Symptoms: -
distorted body image
a changed view of time
metamorphopsia
flu symptoms
migraine episodes
epilepsy affects only part of the distorted view of size
Causes: -
influenza virus A
mycoplasma
varicella-zoster virus
Lyme neuroborreliosis
Typhoid encephalopathy
streptococcus pyogenes, also known as scarlet fever and tonsillopharyngitis
Other causes may include:
brain lesions
medicines
attitudes
epilepsy
stroke
When will you see a doctor ... ??
A person should seek medical help if they experience any of the above symptoms, even if the episodes are short.
A physician might discover a previously unknown cause. Identifying the cause will make it easier to reduce the severity of the symptoms.
Prepared by Mohammed areefrubsamjani (occupational therapy & physiotherapist)
Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a mental disorder that causes mental retardation.
Another name for Alice in Wonderland syndrome is Todds syndrome. It is a rare condition that temporarily changes the way the brain perceives things.
An English psychiatrist named John Todd coined the syndrome.The name appears in Lewis Carroll's book, Alices Adventures in Wonderland, in which the main character, Alice, encounters similar situations that occur with this condition.
AIWS can affect people at any age, but research shows that it is more common in children and adolescents.
AIWS can affect the way a person: -
to see
hearing
touch
hearing
time
The most common visual acuity is micropsia, in which a person sees smaller objects, and teleopsia, in which objects appear farther away than they are real.
There are three main stages of the syndrome that vary in type of perceptual disorder
Type A, in which the disturbances are emotions, or nerves
Type B, which affects the visual senses
Type C, which is a mixture of types A and B
Symptoms: -
distorted body image
a changed view of time
metamorphopsia
flu symptoms
migraine episodes
epilepsy affects only part of the distorted view of size
Causes: -
influenza virus A
mycoplasma
varicella-zoster virus
Lyme neuroborreliosis
Typhoid encephalopathy
streptococcus pyogenes, also known as scarlet fever and tonsillopharyngitis
Other causes may include:
brain lesions
medicines
attitudes
epilepsy
stroke
When will you see a doctor ... ??
A person should seek medical help if they experience any of the above symptoms, even if the episodes are short.
A physician might discover a previously unknown cause. Identifying the cause will make it easier to reduce the severity of the symptoms.
