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["Hot-water epilepsy ", "warm-water epilepsy", or bathing epilepsy? Report of three cases and considerations regarding an old theme]. 2005

Pedro A Kowacs, and Ivo J M Marchioro, and Erasmo B da Silva, and Samanta F Blattes da Rocha, and Cristiane A Simão, and Murilo S Meneses
Epilepsy Unit, Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. pak@cwb.palm.com.br

Partial and generalized tonic-clonic reflex seizures related to hot water bathing have been described as temperature-related. We describe three cases of bathing epilepsy: a 28 year-old white male and a 30 year-old white female with spells triggered either by warm or hot water, and a 32 year-old female with spells triggered by hot water. The later two of the three cases presented localized epilepsy and a familial history of epilepsy. A complex tactile stimuli might play the most relevant role on seizure triggering, as well as water temperature with an additive effect over cutaneous stimulation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D004828 Epilepsies, Partial Conditions characterized by recurrent paroxysmal neuronal discharges which arise from a focal region of the brain. Partial seizures are divided into simple and complex, depending on whether consciousness is unaltered (simple partial seizure) or disturbed (complex partial seizure). Both types may feature a wide variety of motor, sensory, and autonomic symptoms. Partial seizures may be classified by associated clinical features or anatomic location of the seizure focus. A secondary generalized seizure refers to a partial seizure that spreads to involve the brain diffusely. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp317) Abdominal Epilepsy,Digestive Epilepsy,Epilepsy, Focal,Epilepsy, Simple Partial,Focal Seizure Disorder,Gelastic Epilepsy,Partial Epilepsy,Partial Seizure Disorder,Seizure Disorder, Partial,Simple Partial Seizures,Amygdalo-Hippocampal Epilepsy,Benign Focal Epilepsy, Childhood,Benign Occipital Epilepsy,Benign Occipital Epilepsy, Childhood,Childhood Benign Focal Epilepsy,Childhood Benign Occipital Epilepsy,Epilepsy, Benign Occipital,Epilepsy, Localization-Related,Epilepsy, Partial,Occipital Lobe Epilepsy,Panayiotopoulos Syndrome,Partial Seizures, Simple, Consciousness Preserved,Rhinencephalic Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder, Focal,Subclinical Seizure,Uncinate Seizures,Abdominal Epilepsies,Amygdalo-Hippocampal Epilepsies,Benign Occipital Epilepsies,Digestive Epilepsies,Disorders, Focal Seizure,Disorders, Partial Seizure,Epilepsies, Abdominal,Epilepsies, Amygdalo-Hippocampal,Epilepsies, Benign Occipital,Epilepsies, Digestive,Epilepsies, Focal,Epilepsies, Gelastic,Epilepsies, Localization-Related,Epilepsies, Occipital Lobe,Epilepsies, Rhinencephalic,Epilepsies, Simple Partial,Epilepsy, Abdominal,Focal Epilepsies,Focal Epilepsy,Focal Seizure Disorders,Gelastic Epilepsies,Lobe Epilepsy, Occipital,Localization-Related Epilepsies,Localization-Related Epilepsy,Occipital Epilepsies, Benign,Occipital Epilepsy, Benign,Occipital Lobe Epilepsies,Partial Epilepsies,Partial Epilepsies, Simple,Partial Seizure Disorders,Partial Seizures, Simple,Rhinencephalic Epilepsies,Seizure Disorders, Focal,Seizure Disorders, Partial,Seizure, Subclinical,Seizure, Uncinate,Seizures, Simple Partial,Seizures, Subclinical,Seizures, Uncinate,Simple Partial Epilepsies,Subclinical Seizures,Uncinate Seizure
D004829 Epilepsy, Generalized Recurrent conditions characterized by epileptic seizures which arise diffusely and simultaneously from both hemispheres of the brain. Classification is generally based upon motor manifestations of the seizure (e.g., convulsive, nonconvulsive, akinetic, atonic, etc.) or etiology (e.g., idiopathic, cryptogenic, and symptomatic). (From Mayo Clin Proc, 1996 Apr;71(4):405-14) Convulsive Generalized Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Tonic,Generalized Nonconvulsive Seizure Disorder,Seizure Disorder, Generalized,Convulsive Seizure Disorder, Generalized,Epilepsy, Akinetic,Epilepsy, Atonic,Generalized Convulsive Epilepsy,Generalized Nonconvulsive Epilepsy,Generalized Onset Seizure Disorder,Generalized Seizure Disorder, Convulsive,Generalized Seizure Disorder, Nonconvulsive,Nonconvulsive Generalized Seizure Disorder,Nonconvulsive Seizure Disorder, Generalized,Seizure Disorder, Convulsive, Generalized,Seizure Disorder, Generalized Nonconvulsive,Seizure Disorder, Generalized Onset,Seizure Disorder, Generalized, Convulsive,Seizure Disorder, Nonconvulsive Generalized,Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsy,Akinetic Epilepsies,Akinetic Epilepsy,Atonic Epilepsies,Atonic Epilepsy,Convulsive Epilepsies, Generalized,Convulsive Epilepsy, Generalized,Epilepsies, Akinetic,Epilepsies, Atonic,Epilepsies, Generalized,Epilepsies, Generalized Convulsive,Epilepsies, Tonic,Epilepsy, Generalized Convulsive,Epilepsy, Generalized Nonconvulsive,Epilepsy, Symptomatic Generalized,Generalized Convulsive Epilepsies,Generalized Epilepsies,Generalized Epilepsy,Generalized Epilepsy, Symptomatic,Generalized Seizure Disorder,Generalized Seizure Disorders,Nonconvulsive Epilepsy, Generalized,Seizure Disorders, Generalized,Tonic Epilepsies,Tonic Epilepsy
D005260 Female Females
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001494 Baths The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc. Bath
D014867 Water A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Hydrogen Oxide

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