Kutheni na ugqirha wakho efuna ukuba uvavanyo olu?
I-electroencephalogram, okanye i-EEG, yenye yeemvavanyo ezikhoyo ezisetyenziselwa ukuxilonga ukuhluthwa, kwaye zisetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo xa oogqirha becinga ukuba umntu unesithuthwane.
I-electroencephalogram, okanye i-EEG, amanyathelo kunye nokurekhoda umsebenzi wombane we- neurons engqondweni. I-EEG inokuxelela umboneleli wakho wezempilo ukuba kukho umsebenzi ongaqhelekanga kagesi kwingqondo kwaye, kwezinye iimeko, iintlobo zokuthintela ungazifumana .
Ukongeza kwi-diagnosis, i-EEG inokukunceda oogqirha bafumane ezinye izinto ezingaqhelekanga zobuchopho, ezifana ne-coma, ukufa kobuchopho, okanye ubukho bomzimba okanye isifo .
Yintoni endimele ndiyilindele xa ndifumana i-EEG?
I-EEG ingabonakala ingcangcazela ngenxa yazo zonke i-electrodes kunye neentambo ezibandakanyekayo. Kodwa inyaniso kukuba, i-EEG ibaluleke kakhulu - kwaye ingenabuhlungu - inkqubo eya kunceda i-neurologist yakho ukuchonga nawuphi na umsebenzi ongaqhelekanga ovela kwingqondo yakho.
Ii-EE ziqhutyelwa kwiklinikhi ye-neurology ngumchwepheshe oqeqeshiwe okanye esibhedlele ngesigulana sokugula. Uvuke ngokupheleleyo kule nkqubo.
Ngaphambi kwe-EEG, intloko yakho iya kulinganiswa kwaye i-scalp yakho iya kugqitywa ngokucophelela ngekrayoni okanye kumatshini wokuhlambalaza ukwenzela ukuba ubonise iindawo zokufakela i-electrodes.
Emva koko, i-electrodes iya kugcinwa kwi-scalp usebenzisa i-glue ekhethekileyo (ungakhathazeki - i-glue yenziwe ukuze ihlanjwe ngeenwele zakho kamva).
Ezi electrode zixhunyiwe ngetambo eqhutyelwa kwikhompyutha. Ikhomputha iya kuhlalutya umsebenzi wombane owenzeka kwingqondo yakho.
I-EEG yonke kufuneka ithathe phakathi kweeyure ezimbini neyeyure. Ngeli xesha, unokucelwa ukuba udibanise okanye uphefumulele ngokukhawuleza ukuze ubone indlela ubuchopho bakho buphendula ngayo.
Kwezinye iimeko, i-neurologist ingathanda ukurekhoda umsebenzi wakho wengqondo xa ulala. Ugqirha wakho uya kukuxelela ngale nto phambi kwe-EEG.
Iziphumo ze-EEG zakho zibhalwa kwikhompyutheni, okanye ngamanye amaxesha kwiphepha, kwaye ziya kufundwa yi-neurologist.
I-EEG iya ku xelela ntoni i-Neurologist?
I-neurologist ibheka into ebizwa ngokuba yi "epileptiform" yomsebenzi, eli yigama eliqhelekileyo elibhekiselele kuyo nayiphi na ipateni ngenxa yokuhluthwa ephawulwe kwi-EEG.
Ezi patheni ziza kubonakala njengeipiksi ezibukhali kunye namaza kwigrafu. Indawo yee spikes kunye namaza angakwazi ukuxelela i-neurologist yakho apho ukuxhatshazwa kwakho kwenzeka khona, kunye nohlobo lokubanjwa kwakho.
Ndifuna njani ukulungiselela i-EEG?
Kuncinci kakhulu okufuneka uyenze ukulungiselela i-EEG. Oko kuthetha, kufuneka uthathe amanyathelo ambalwa:
- Musa ukutywala utywala ngaphambi komsebenzi.
- Tshela ugqirha wakho malunga nawo onke amayeza owenzayo, kuba ezinye iindidi zonyango zingavelisa umphumo ongaqhelekanga.
- Gcina iinwele zakho zicoceke phambi kovavanyo, kwaye zikhululekile kwizicwangciso zegesi, iigel okanye nayiphi na into engaphazamisa ukurekhodwa ngama-electrodes.
- Fumana ubuthongo obuhle ngaphambi kokuba inkqubo. Gcina ukhumbule ukuba, kwezinye iimeko, i-neurologist yakho inokufuna ukuba uhlale ubusuku obudala, kuba oku kunokwandisa amathuba okusebenza kwe-epilptiform.
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