Is it normal for hot showers to trigger seizures?

Yes, it is called anaphylactic shock where your body cannot handle a sudden change in temperature,or a sudden reaction to an allergy. read more

Hot water epilepsy mag be triggered by water touching the head or trunk etc at a certain temperature. Usually this is due to specific networks in the brain which have become overactive and start firing together. You may get these seizures only on contact with hot water or it may even occur spontaneously. read more

After 3 weeks he had only one absence seizure, but then he had his first gran mal seizure. That was in August 07, he was in the shower. He continued to have some absence seizures, but with exercise and showers he would have a gran mal's. We saw a pattern with the exercise and hot showers, we stopped his sports. read more

I talked to Luke's neurologist yesterday and he informed me that the shower was not a trigger, but that often his patients (he deals with epilepsy in patients who also have cognitive disorders) have seizures within one to two hours of waking. read more

Very warm weather, hot baths, or showers, especially when there is a sudden change in temperature. Television, videos, and flashing lights. The “strobe effect” from fast scene changes on a bright screen, rapidly changing colours, or fast-moving shadows or patterns can all be trigger seizures. read more