PEDIATRICS Vol. 76 No. 1 July 1985, pp. 139
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Epilepsy and Swimming

JOSEPH GREENSHER MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501

In Reply.—

If all swimming were limited to pools that were always supervised by a lifeguard or competent adult, we would not have approximately 1,500 children drowning each year.

The risk of drowning or near-drowning for a child with epilepsy is four times that of other children. The risks to children who have been seizure-free for 1 year are only minimally greater than for the general population if they have stable therapeutic anticonvulsant levels, are mentally normal, and are well supervised in the water.1