title: Emotional stress-induced seizures: another reflex epilepsy?
abstract: Multiple triggers have been shown to provoke seizures in reflex epilepsy. Among these are external stimuli (flickering light, hot water), actions (chewing, reading), and even mental tasks. We present a 9-year-old girl whose seizures were provoked mainly by emotional stress. In most cases of emotional stress-related seizures, especially when a specific confrontational incidence preceded the seizure, the suspicion for a nonepileptic event is high. In our patient we were able to show that the seizures were epileptic. Further investigation to clarify the pathophysiology of stress-related seizures is needed.
authors.affiliation: Neuropediatric Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. talgilboa14@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gilboa
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants