Bathing epilepsy: report of three caucasian cases

Acta Inform Med. 2015 Apr;23(2):113-5. doi: 10.5455/aim.2015.23.113-115. Epub 2015 Apr 14.

Abstract

Introduction: Bathing epilepsy is a specific type of reflex epilepsy triggered by domestic bathing in water. It is a geographically specific epilepsy syndrome that is more prevalent in India Cases in Caucasian population are very rarely reported. These cases share many similar clinical features and a similar prognosis to the Indian cases.

Case report: We describe three cases of bathing epilepsy in Albanian population; two cases with well controlled seizures and one with drug-resistant seizures.

Keywords: case report; epilepsy.

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  • Case Reports