Benign hot bath-related headache

Headache. 2000 Feb;40(2):173-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00026.x.

Abstract

We describe three cases of women with hot bath-related headache who reported that their severe paroxysmal headache could be provoked by pouring hot water over themselves or by soaking in a hot bath. In one patient, the headache was also brought on by exposure to cold wind. Another patient had headaches after she dived into a pool and started swimming. Neurological examination, routine laboratory tests, electroencephalography, and brain imaging showed no abnormality in any of the patients. Hot bath-related headache is a benign headache unassociated with a structural lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Baths / adverse effects*
  • Cold Temperature / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Hot Temperature / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged