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Bathing epilepsy: a video case of an autonomic seizure
Author(s) -
Jansen Katrien,
Vervisch Jan,
Lagae Lieven
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2010.0330
Subject(s) - bathing , epilepsy , ictal , reflex epilepsy , shower , anesthesia , medicine , nausea , temporal lobe , reflex , psychology , audiology , psychiatry , pathology , physics , nozzle , thermodynamics
A six‐year‐old Moroccan boy experienced nausea, paleness and oral automatisms after almost every shower. A clinical diagnosis of bathing epilepsy was assumed. A video‐EEG recording was taken during and after a shower and confirmed ictal high voltage repetitive slow waves over the left temporal lobe. Bathing epilepsy or water immersion epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy often presenting with autonomic seizures. The onset is usually in the first year of life and the evolution is benign. [Published with video sequences]