["Hot-water epilepsy ", "warm-water epilepsy", or bathing epilepsy? Report of three cases and considerations regarding an old theme].
Partial and generalized tonic-clonic reflex seizures related to hot water bathing have been described as temperature-related. We describe three cases of bathing epilepsy: a 28 year-old white male and a 30 year-old white female with spells triggered either by warm or hot water, and a 32 year-old female with spells triggered by hot water. The later two of the three cases presented localized epilepsy and a familial history of epilepsy. A complex tactile stimuli might play the most relevant role on seizure triggering, as well as water temperature with an additive effect over cutaneous stimulation.
Kowacs
Pedro A
PA
Epilepsy Unit, Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. pak@cwb.palm.com.br
Marchioro
Ivo J M
IJ
Silva
Erasmo B da
EB
Rocha
Samanta F Blattes da
SF
Simão
Cristiane A
CA
Meneses
Murilo S
MS
D000328:Adult; D001494:Baths / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology*; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014867:Water / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014867:Water