Orgasmic epilepsy

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Orgasmic epilepsy
Other namesOrgasmic seizures; Orgasmic epileptic seizures; Orgasmic convulsions; Orgasmic auras; Epilepsy with orgasmic seizures
Symptoms Auras with spontaneous orgasms [1] [2]
Causes Epilepsy [1] [2]
FrequencyRare [2] [3]

Orgasmic epilepsy is a rare form of epilepsy that involves auras in which spontaneous orgasms occur. [1] [4] [2] [3] Due to their rarity and sensitive nature, they have mostly been reported as single cases and case series. [2] [3] [4] A broader category is epilepsy with sexual auras generally. [1] There are similarities and overlap of orgasmic epilepsy with ecstatic epilepsy and certain other forms of epilepsy. [1] [4] Orgasmic seizures were first reported in 1960 and a number of additional cases have been reported since then. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arias M (2019). "Neurology of ecstatic religious and similar experiences: Ecstatic, orgasmic, and musicogenic seizures. Stendhal syndrome and autoscopic phenomena". Neurologia (Engl Ed). 34 (1): 55–61. doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2016.04.010 . PMID   27340019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Janszky J, Szücs A, Halász P, Borbély C, Holló A, Barsi P, Mirnics Z (January 2002). "Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere". Neurology. 58 (2): 302–4. doi:10.1212/wnl.58.2.302. PMID   11805263.
  3. 1 2 3 Janszky J, Ebner A, Szupera Z, Schulz R, Hollo A, Szücs A, Clemens B (September 2004). "Orgasmic aura--a report of seven cases". Seizure. 13 (6): 441–444. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.005. PMID   15276150.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Chakravarty, A. (2020). "A Note on Ecstatic and Orgasmic Seizures". MIMICS of Epileptic Seizures. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited. pp. 66–74. ISBN   978-93-90020-96-6 . Retrieved 27 August 2024.


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