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Bathing Instructions for Patients With Epilepsy

Bathing Instructions for Patients With Epilepsy To the Editor.— Regarding previous letters describing death caused by a seizure and falling from the top bunk of a bunk bed (1979;242:2761 [Riley and Brannon]) and drowning in a bathtub, as a result of a seizure (1980;243:2029 [Geiger]), it is to be recollected that patients with seizures are occasionally simply found dead in bed. Were we to list all of these as hazards for our epileptic patients to avoid, we would indeed be, to them, the voice of doom. I, too, had a patient, a pretty young teenager with uncontrolled photosensitive seizures, die in a bathtub. When the police arrived to investigate, not a word was said by any family member about the existence of a seizure disorder, and so, for a time at least, the death was a total mystery to authorities. The mystery was cleared up when I saw word of her death in the newspaper and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Bathing Instructions for Patients With Epilepsy

JAMA , Volume 245 (7) – Feb 20, 1981

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1981.03310320026009
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Abstract

To the Editor.— Regarding previous letters describing death caused by a seizure and falling from the top bunk of a bunk bed (1979;242:2761 [Riley and Brannon]) and drowning in a bathtub, as a result of a seizure (1980;243:2029 [Geiger]), it is to be recollected that patients with seizures are occasionally simply found dead in bed. Were we to list all of these as hazards for our epileptic patients to avoid, we would indeed be, to them, the voice of doom. I, too, had a patient, a pretty young teenager with uncontrolled photosensitive seizures, die in a bathtub. When the police arrived to investigate, not a word was said by any family member about the existence of a seizure disorder, and so, for a time at least, the death was a total mystery to authorities. The mystery was cleared up when I saw word of her death in the newspaper and

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Feb 20, 1981

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