title: Benign hot bath-related headache.
abstract: We describe three cases of women with hot bath-related headache who reported that their severe paroxysmal headache could be provoked by pouring hot water over themselves or by soaking in a hot bath. In one patient, the headache was also brought on by exposure to cold wind. Another patient had headaches after she dived into a pool and started swimming. Neurological examination, routine laboratory tests, electroencephalography, and brain imaging showed no abnormality in any of the patients. Hot bath-related headache is a benign headache unassociated with a structural lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Negoro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimatsu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogaki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001494:Baths / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged