Abstract:Eating epilepsy (EE) is a rare form of reflex epilepsy, characterized by seizures triggered by food intake. We describe the case of a 30-year-old male with symptomatic EE, wherein consumption of food precipitated focal seizures with impaired awareness. The seizures were precipitated at the beginning of the meal, lasted up to 30 s at a time, were not preceded by an aura, and the patient had complete amnesia for the events once the seizures subsided. No predilection to a particular food type was noted. The seizu… Show more
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