Benign Hot Bath‐Related Headache

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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.