title: Heavy coffee drinking and epilepsy.
abstract: Dietary habits have been rarely associated with seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy. We report a case of a man with a partial symptomatic epilepsy whose daily habit of heavy coffee drinking was associated with an increased seizure frequency. This patient witnessed a dramatic decrease in the frequency of his seizures after stopping coffee ingestion. Caffeine is a global stimulant and the reduction of its intake may help in the treatment of epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonilha
authors.forename: Li M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003069:Coffee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D003069:Coffee