Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report
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 trigge...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d532be0480d94f20bf2a6a3618c078b72025-08-20T03:19:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/134578134578Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case ReportAysel Milanlıoğlu0Temel Tombul1Refah Sayın2Department of Neurology, Bitlis State Hospital, 13100 Bitlis, TurkeyDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65080 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65080 Van, TurkeyHot 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/134578 |
| spellingShingle | Aysel Milanlıoğlu Temel Tombul Refah Sayın Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report |
| title_full | Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report |
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| title_short | Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report |
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