Not sure where it goes Via Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks Source: Wikipedia Date: December 29, 2024 URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome Alice in Wonderland Syndrome ---------------------------- The cause of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is currently not known, but it has often been associated with migraines, head trauma, or viral encephalitis caused by Epstein–Barr Virus Infection. (...) With over 60 associated symptoms, AIWS affects the sense of vision, sensation, touch, and hearing, as well as the perception of one's body image. Migraines, nausea, dizziness, and agitation are also commonly associated symptoms with Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Less frequent symptoms also include: loss of limb control and coordination, memory loss, lingering touch and sound sensations, and emotional instability. Alice in Wonderland syndrome is often associated with distortion of sensory perception, which involves visual, somatosensory, and non-visual symptoms. AIWS is characterized by the individual being able to recognize the distortion in the perception of their own body and is episodic. (...) It can also be the initial symptom of the Epstein–Barr virus (see mononucleosis), and a relationship between the syndrome and mononucleosis has been suggested. (...) A 2021 review found that infectious diseases are the most common cause of Alice in Wonderland syndrome, especially in pediatrics. Some of these infectious agents included Epstein–Barr virus, Varicella Zoster virus, Influenza, Zika, Coxsackievirus, Plasmodium falciparum protozoa, and Mycoplasma pneumonia/Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria. The association of Alice in Wonderland syndrome is most commonly seen with the Epstein–Barr virus. (...) Alice in Wonderland syndrome is not part of any major classifications like the ICD-10 and the DSM-5. Since there are no established diagnostic criteria for Alice in Wonderland syndrome, and because Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a disturbance of perception rather than a specific physiological condition, there is likely to be a large degree of variability in the diagnostic process and thus it can be poorly diagnosed.
Ok. How can you be sure of that? Didn’t you just say the cause is unknown? If it really is defined by a disturbance in perception, how can you be sure there isn’t a physiological cause for the disturbance, and the symptoms that coexist with it (migraines, epilepsy). So basically another one of the million names for post-infectious syndrome.
