Hot Water Epilepsy: Seizures Precipitated by Hot Water Bathing

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Neurology| November 01 2006 Hot Water Epilepsy: Seizures Precipitated by Hot Water Bathing AAP Grand Rounds (2006) 16 (5): 58–59. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.16-5-58 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Hot Water Epilepsy: Seizures Precipitated by Hot Water Bathing. AAP Grand Rounds November 2006; 16 (5): 58–59. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.16-5-58 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: bathing, epilepsy, seizures Source: Yalcin AD, Toydemir HE, Forta H. Hot water epilepsy: clinical and electroencephalographic features of 25 cases. Epilepsy Behav. 2006;9:89–94; doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.03.013 Researchers at Sisle Etfal Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey analyzed the clinical and electroencephalographic findings in 25 patients with seizures precipitated by hot water bathing (hot water epilepsy or HWE). A review of medical records of patients seen at an epilepsy outpatient clinic since 1995 was used to identify individuals with HWE. The age at onset of HWE ranged from 6 months to 37 years (mean age, 13 years); 52% of these patients had their first seizure during the first decade of life. The male:female ratio was 3:1. Three patients (12%) had a history of febrile seizures, and 11 (44%) had a family history of epilepsy, although none of the family members had a history of HWE. HWE patterns were complex partial (80%), secondary generalized... You do not currently have access to this content.