Alice In Wonderland Disease Analysis

Research by John Lanska and Douglas Lanska (2012) stated that the disease was first described by John Todd in 1955. They mentioned that Todd named it after Lewis Carroll who fabricated the story of "Alice in Wonderland". The disease was named after the story because the character Alice fell into an abyss that was a portal to another world where eating and drinking can make you miniature or gargantuan. The effect of AIWS is similar. It can stimulate headaches and visual perceptions such as Micropsia and Macropsia. Coincidentally, people stated that Lewis also suffered from the disease. The disease is also known as a Lilliputian hallucination because it causes hallucinations; it is also called Todd's Syndrome. This disease is fascinating because …show more content…
Nabil Kitchener (2004) stated that infectious mononucleosis followed the visual anomalies that AIWS patients experience. Infectious mononucleosis is known to affect teens and young adults. It is caused by the Epstein-Barrvirus which is a type of herpes virus (G Henle, W Henle, and V Diehl, 1967). Nabil Kitchener also stated that migraine headaches and epilepsy are part of the etiology of the disease. Lewis suffered from these disorders which can betoken that he might have experienced AIWS. He also mentioned that psychotropic drugs can be a cause of this disease. These drugs affect the brain directly, and can change perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior. In conclusion the disease is found in patients that have epilepsy, the Epstein-Barr virus, migraine, and people who take psychotropic drugs. The most fascinating aspect of this disease is its symptoms. The more prevalent symptoms include epilepsy, migraine, depression, and disoriented …show more content…
These symptoms enticed me greatly, and I purposely chose this disease to learn more about these symptoms. In most cases AIWS sufferers experience epilepsy, migraine, EBV, or depression; but they also face other disorders that are hazardous in contaminating. These symptoms include Macropsia, Micropsia, Pelopsia and Teleopsia. All these symptoms are under the category of dysmetropsia which is a group of visual disorders that alter people's perception of objects. Macropsia is a disorder that causes people to perceive objects bigger than they actually are. Micropsia on the other hand, is a disorder that causes people to perceive objects smaller than they actually are (John W. Norton, James J. Corbett,