Alice in wonderland syndrome

A daughter’s admission that during a bad headache things around her looked smaller led to a discovery of a rare syndrome in one family.

There's a neurological disorder called "Alice in Wonderland" syndrome. This affects patients' perception in a way that they may suddenly feel that they have become giants or the room around them has shrunk. It most commonly affects children.

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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, also known as AIWS, is a neurological condition that affects perception and sensation, making the sufferer feel like their body or objects around them are growing or shrinking.

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One night, I tucked my very sick son into bed, and he looked up at me with a confused expression. "You look teeny tiny, mom—like you shrunk," he told me. Since he had a fever, I chalked it up to that, and assured him he'd feel better in the morning.

People with the condition see objects suddenly change size, and scientists don't know why.

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome was named after the Lewis Carrol book because Alice drinks a vial that makes her very big and one that makes her very small and it is just such visual distortions someone who has AIWS can experience.

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Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is also known as Todd’s syndrome or Lilliputian hallucinations. The exact cause is unclear. Additionally, this syndrome is associated with epilepsy, brain tumors, the use of psychoactive medications, and the Epstein-Barr virus. People with AIWS feel like the room is shrinking in on and their body’s becoming larger. It feels exactly how Alice did in Lewis Caroll’s classic books – the way everything feels big or small and strangely out of proportion.

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Alice In Wonderland by Felipe Campos aka Cooldot.