Benign hot bath-related headache.
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.
Negoro
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Department of Neurology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Morimatsu
M
M
Ikuta
N
N
Nogaki
H
H
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