Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS)
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Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) also known as Todd’s syndrome is a disorienting neurological condition affects human perception, mostly associated with migraines and headaches. People with this syndrome involve distortion in body images and shapes and see objects either appears much larger (macropsia) or smaller (macropsia) before, during, or after a migraine in spite of normal eye components. It can occur at any age, but is more commonly experienced by children.
AIWS is diagnosed when other physical cause have been ruled out and if the patient presents with migraines, altered perception, altered senses and complaints of onset during darkness.
There is no any specific treatment for AIWA .The anti-migraine medication likes anticonvulsants, antidepressants, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and avoid diet which triggers migraine may effective is some cases.
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hello doctor, that was really fascinating… never heard about it before… thanks alot for sharing the information with us…
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This website helped me alot. i am doing a giant report on alice in wonderland syndrome for my senior project. I found out that it is very hard to find information about this syndrome.
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Angela, I searched for more info after reading a NYTimes article about it a couple years ago. It struck me that it was what I experienced several times in my life starting at a really young age. I remember the first incidence of it like it was yesterday.It induces a panicky helpless feeling that is impossible to describe to others without sounding like you’re going crazy. So 45 years later the mystery is solved. Because their is so little published about it, how many countless people had/have it without knowing it’s a documented syndrome?
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This syndrome is so difficult to find information on. No one seems to post information anywhere.
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