Sexual orgasm as a trigger for reflex epilepsy

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-926
Author(s):  
Ana Azevedo ◽  
Rita Rodrigues ◽  
Bárbara Teixeira ◽  
Peter Grebe
Keyword(s):  
Reflex Epilepsy

Reflex Epilepsy with Hot Water: Clinical and EEG Findings, Treatment, and Prognosis in Childhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (05) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Hanci ◽  
Sevim Türay ◽  
Paşa Balci ◽  
Nimet Kabakuş
Keyword(s):  
Seizure Control ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Water Age ◽  
Epileptiform Discharges ◽  
Neurology Clinic ◽  
Neuromuscular Development ◽  
The Brain ◽  
International League

AbstractHot water epilepsy (HWE) is a subtype of reflex epilepsy in which seizures are triggered by the head being immersed in hot water. Hot water or bathing epilepsy is the type of reflex epilepsy most frequently encountered in our clinic. We describe our patients with HWE and also discuss the clinical features, therapeutic approaches, and prognosis. Eleven patients (10 boys, 1 girl), aged 12 months to 13 years, admitted to the pediatric neurology clinic between January 2018 and August 2019, and diagnosed with HWE or bathing epilepsy based on International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)-2017, were followed up prospectively for ∼18 months. Patients' clinical and electroencephalography (EEG) findings and treatment details were noted. All 11 patients' seizures were triggered by hot water. Age at first seizure was between 2 months and 12 years. Seizure types were generalized motor seizures, absence, and atonic. EEG was normal in two patients, but nine patients had epileptiform discharges. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was performed and reported as normal (except in one case). Histories of prematurity were present in two patients, unprovoked seizures in one, and low birth weight and depressed birth in the other. Patients with HWE have normal neuromuscular development and neurological examination results, together with prophylaxis or seizure control with a single antiepileptic drug, suggesting that it is a self-limited reflex epilepsy.

Familial rectal pain: A type of reflex epilepsy?

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 824-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romaine Schubert ◽  
Joan B. Cracco
Keyword(s):  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Rectal Pain

Video-EEG Monitoring and Reflex Epilepsy

2013 ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Joseph Drazkowski
Keyword(s):  
Eeg Monitoring ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Video Eeg

scholarly journals REFLEX EPILEPSY TRIGGERED BY DENTAL TREATMENT: A CASE REPORT

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeliz KILINIÇ ◽  
Berrin IŞIK ◽  
Sara SAMUR ERGÜVEN ◽  
Mustafa ARSLAN
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy

scholarly journals Editorial: "Reflex" epilepsy.

BMJ ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (5979) ◽  
pp. 338-338 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reflex Epilepsy

Reflex Epilepsy

2009 ◽  
pp. 1812-1812
Author(s):  
Christian G. Bien ◽  
Christian E. Elger ◽  
Ali R. Afzal ◽  
Sirajedin Natah ◽  
Ritva Häyrinen-Immonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reflex Epilepsy

Eating Epilepsy: Pathophysiologic Models, Electroclinical Phenotypes, and Outcome

2019 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 094-099
Author(s):  
Alessandro Iodice
Keyword(s):  
Late Onset ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Rare Form ◽  
Epileptic Spasms ◽  
Generalized Seizures ◽  
Impaired Awareness ◽  
Interictal Discharges

AbstractEating epilepsy (EE) is a rare form of reflex epilepsy precipitated by food. Ictal semiology may vary depending on the etiology, age at onset, and cerebral areas involved in the epileptogenic network. In childhood, EE could manifest as tonic head drop seizures, generalized seizures, or late-onset epileptic spasms. However, in teenagers or adults, seizures are often preceded by aura and commonly manifest as focal seizures with or without impaired awareness. Brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities are seen in less than half of the reported cases. Posterior or multifocal interictal discharges can be seen in patients with EE. No randomized data about treatment are available. Structural epilepsies or coexistent unprovoked seizures other than eating seizures are poor prognostic factors for pharmacological outcome.

Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPRs) and DBA/2 mice: Two animal models of audiogenic reflex epilepsy for the evaluation of new generation AEDs

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 165-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovambattista De Sarro ◽  
Emilio Russo ◽  
Rita Citraro ◽  
Brian S. Meldrum
Keyword(s):  
Animal Models ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
New Generation

scholarly journals Hot Water Epilepsy in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysel Milanlıoğlu ◽  
Temel Tombul ◽  
Refah Sayın
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Antiepileptic Drugs ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Gestation Period ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
Reflex Seizures ◽  
In Infants And Children

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.

The Facilitation and Evocation of Seizures

1992 ◽  
Vol 160 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Antebi ◽  
J. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Reflex Epilepsy ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
History Of ◽  
Drug Treatments ◽  
Patients With Epilepsy

Despite the fact that environmental factors have been demonstrated to be important in the genesis of seizures in people with epilepsy, such factors have received scant attention in the education of clinicians or in the provision of services for managing patients with epilepsy. This paper reviews the history of, and literature about, reflex epilepsy, with particular reference to seizures which occur in response to psychological states or stimuli, and discusses the possible implications for management, and the rationale for the use of psychological interventions which may complement drug treatments in the management of epilepsy.

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