Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report
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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.
1996 ◽
Vol 17
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pp. 712-713
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1961 ◽
Vol 86
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pp. 795-797
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2020 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 410-417
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2007 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 15-19
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