Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

• Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Alice in Wonderland syndrome is illusions in the shapes and structures of objects in the form of bending, bending, decreasing and expanding. It is a disease characterized by vision and hallucinations. This disease takes its name from the classic story "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1865. In this story, Alice sees that she suddenly becomes taller and fatter, and it is stated that there are structural differences in many living things in the story. It is speculated that the author himself suffered from migraine and wrote about his experiences. In the disease, micropsia (seeing objects smaller than they are), macropsia (seeing objects larger than they are), telopsia (seeing objects at a distance), metamerhopsia (seeing objects larger than they are) (seeing objects as very fat, very thin, short, long) and pelepsia (seeing objects as closer than they are)may occur. Sometimes, some patients may have diseases similar to Alice in Wonderland syndrome. This is used for patients who cannot fully meet the diagnostic criteria.

The exact cause of this disease is unknown. Migraine, epilepsy and some infections (Ebsstein Barr virus infection) are attributed as causes. The most well-known of these reasons is, of course, migraine headaches. These complaints of patients who experience headache aura or visual problems at the time of the headache disappear spontaneously after the attack, and they repeat this experience when the attack occurs again. There are patients who can repeat these experiences for many years. In some types of epilepsy, especially occipital epilepsy, patients sometimes experience visual illusions and hallucinations. There are patients who even experience feelings of fear and terror as the epileptic activity in the brain spreads to different areas. In occipital epilepsies, seizures such as blindness, partial vision, and color vision may sometimes occur. The most famous infection among infections is the one caused by the Ebsstein Barr virus, in which patients frighten their families by experiencing visual events.

Patients with visual events are examined by a pediatric neurologist. It is very important to evaluate the disease and reveal many different underlying diseases.

 

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