What should we pay attention to when doing 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram?

What should we pay attention to when doing 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram?

(1) You can watch TV but not too close to it. When you watch TV, you should stay away from it as far as possible. Otherwise, it will affect the results.Monitor manufacturers

(2) Don't use remote control and other functions when watching TV;

(3) Mobile phones and other devices that transmit signals should be far away from the body. Of course, occasional phone calls are not a big problem and take a long time.Monitor manufacturers

(4) Try not to play computer, more rest and less activity.

Expert advice: When doing 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram (AEEG), it is recommended to ask the doctor or nurse concerned because of the different equipment in each hospital. At least I wasn't suggesting it at that time, but TV was OK.

What are the benefits of 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram monitoring for the diagnosis of epilepsy?

Many epilepsy patients in the early stage of the disease, will do EEG examination, some patients have more than once to carry out ordinary EEG examination, but the results did not find obvious abnormalities. In fact, the general EEG examination can not really diagnose epilepsy, the type of epilepsy can not be identified, so symptomatic treatment can not be carried out. At this time, we need 24-hour ambulatory EEG monitoring to make further diagnosis.

Why does 24-hour ambulatory EEG monitoring need to be performed?

Not all epilepsy patients will have obvious abnormal discharge during epilepsy. Some patients have less abnormal discharge of brain cells during epilepsy. It is difficult to be monitored during short-term EEG recording.  Especially for patients with primary epilepsy, the brain lesion is not obvious, usually epilepsy seizures are few, it is more difficult to find abnormalities in the short-term EEG recording process. For those patients whose clinical symptoms are similar to epileptic seizures and lack of evidence of abnormal EEG, it is necessary to conduct 24-hour ambulatory EEG monitoring, or even longer EEG monitoring.

24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram (AEEG) monitoring can greatly increase the probability of finding abnormal discharges and significantly improve the diagnostic rate of epilepsy. Especially for epilepsy patients who are prone to epilepsy at night, during sleep and during awakening, abnormal EEG activities can be easily recorded by EEG monitoring during sleep. Dynamic monitoring of electroencephalogram can better determine the origin of epilepsy and provide reliable basis for the diagnosis, classification and surgical location of epilepsy.

The cost of 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram (AEEG) is relatively high. The specific price varies according to the specific inspection process, equipment, city and hospital level. However, this examination is very valuable for some patients to diagnose epilepsy and should be actively examined on the advice of doctors.