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Samuel Livingston, MD; Lydia L. Pauli, MD; Irving Pruce; Irving I. Kramer, MD
The Samuel Livingston Epilepsy Diagnostic and Treatment Center Baltimore

JAMA. 1981;245(7):703.

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To the Editor.—

In a recent issue of THE JOURNAL, Geiger cited the case of "a patient who drowned while taking a bath, as a result of a seizure." His communication is noteworthy because it directs attention to the important subject of water-immersion accidents associated with cleansing activities in patients with seizures. However, his advice that such patients abandon baths in favor of showers does not resolve the problem, since customary showering procedures are not without hazard to persons subject to seizures. Moreover, bathing in bathtubs in accord with specific instructions and limitations has proved to be a relatively safe cleansing activity for patients with epilepsy. Because definitive recommendations relative to baths and showers for seizure patients are essentially, to our knowledge, unavailable in the American literature, we would like to present briefly the instructions routinely given our patients.

That bathing in bathtubs may represent a potentially lethal danger for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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