title: Hot water epilepsy in a pregnant woman: a case report.
abstract: Hot water epilepsy is a unique form of reflex epilepsy precipitated by the stimulus of bathing with hot water poured over the head. It is mostly seen in infants and children, with a predominance in males. Unlikely, we present a 32-year-old pregnancy woman with the incipient of reflex seizures triggered by pouring hot water over the head while having a bath during the gestation period and treated successfully with carbamazepine 400 mg/day therapy. Hot water epilepsy is known as a benign and self-limited reflex epilepsy, by firstly avoiding hot water or long showers and secondly using intermittent benzodiazepines or conventional antiepileptic drugs, may be sufficient to be seizure-free.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Bitlis State Hospital, 13100 Bitlis, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milanlıoğlu
authors.forename: Temel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tombul
authors.forename: Refah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sayın