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Orgasm-induced seizures

MedGen UID:
1633277
Concept ID:
C4706598
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Orgasm induced epilepsy; Orgasm induced seizure; orgasm-induced seizures
SNOMED CT: Orgasm induced seizure (763827002); Orgasm induced epilepsy (763827002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015646
Orphanet: ORPHA166421

Definition

A rare neurologic disease characterised by complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalisation, or idiopathic primarily generalised epilepsy, triggered by sexual orgasm. Seizures usually start immediately, shortly after or a few hours after the achievement of orgasm, last a few seconds or minutes, and are followed, in very rare cases, by intense migraine. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOrgasm-induced seizures

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Diagnosis

Ozkara C, Ozdemir S, Yilmaz A, Uzan M, Yeni N, Ozmen M
Epilepsia 2006 Dec;47(12):2193-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00648.x. PMID: 17201724

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