Kungani udokotela wakho efuna ukuthi ube nokuhlolwa?
I-electroencephalogram, noma i-EEG, ingenye yezivivinyo ezitholakalayo ezisetshenziselwa ukuxilonga ukujula, futhi zisetshenziselwa kakhulu lapho odokotela becabanga ukuthi umuntu unesithuthwane.
I-electroencephalogram, noma i-EEG, izinyathelo futhi ziqopha umsebenzi kagesi we- neurons ebuchosheni. I-EEG ingatshela umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwempilo uma kunokusebenza okungavamile kagesi ebuchosheni futhi, kwezinye izimo, izinhlobo zokubanjwa okungenzeka ungase uzizwe.
Ngaphezu kokuthola ukuhlunga, i-EEG ingasiza futhi odokotela ukubona okunye okungaqondakali kobuchopho, njenge-coma, ukufa kobuchopho, noma ukutholakala kwesisu noma isifo sohlangothi .
Yini okufanele ngiyilindele uma ngithola i-EEG?
I-EEG ingase ibonakale isabisa kakhulu ngenxa yonke i-electrodes nezintambo ezihilelekile. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi i-EEG ibalulekile - futhi ayibuhlungu ngokuphelele - inqubo ezosiza isazi sakho sezinzwa ukuthi sithole noma iyiphi into engavamile eyenzeka ebuchosheni bakho.
Ama-EEG ayenziwa ngokujwayelekile emtholampilo we-neurological by ochwepheshe oqeqeshwe noma esibhedlela ngesineke. Uvukile ngokugcwele ngale nqubo.
Ngaphambi kwe-EEG, ikhanda lakho lizocatshangwa futhi isikhumba sakho sekhanda sizobekwa uphawu ngokucophelela ngamakhrayoni noma uphawu lokusula ukuze ubonise izindawo zokunamathisela ama-electrodes.
Ngokulandelayo, ama-electrode azovikeleka esikhwameni besebenzisa iglue ekhethekile (ungakhathazeki - i-glue yenziwa ukuze ihlanzwe izinwele zakho kamuva).
Lawa mafutha ahlanganiswa ngetambo ehanjiswa kwikhompyutha. Ikhomputha izohlaziya umsebenzi kagesi ovela ebuchosheni bakho.
Yonke i-EEG kufanele ithathe phakathi kwamahora amabili nambili. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ungase ucelwe ukuba uphenduke noma uphefumule ngokujulile noma ngokushesha ukuze ubone ukuthi ubuchopho bakho buphendula kanjani.
Kwezinye izimo, i-neurologist ingase ifune ukurekhoda umsebenzi wakho wobuchopho ngenkathi ulele. Udokotela wakho uzokutshela ngalokhu ngaphambi kwe-EEG.
Imiphumela ye-EEG yakho ibhalwe kukhompyutha, noma ngezinye izikhathi ephepheni, futhi izofundwa yi-neurologist.
Yini EEG Engayitshela I-Neurologist Yami?
I-neurologist ifuna lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "umsebenzi we-epileptiform", okuyigama elivamile elibhekisela kunoma yimaphi amaphethini ngenxa yokuhlushwa okuphawulwe kwi-EEG.
Amaphethini ngokuvamile azovela njengama-spikes abukhali namaza egrafu. Indawo yalezi spikes namagagasi angakwazi ukutshela isazi sakho sezinzwa lapho kutholakala khona ukuhlukunyezwa, kanye nohlobo lokubanjwa kwakho.
Ngidinga Kanjani Ukulungiselela I-EEG?
Kuncane kakhulu okudingeka ukwenze ukulungiselela i-EEG. Uma kuthiwa, kufanele uthathe lezi zinyathelo ezimbalwa:
- Ungadli utshwala ngaphambi kwenqubo.
- Tshela udokotela wakho mayelana nayo yonke imithi oyithathayo, ngoba ezinye izinhlobo zemithi zingenza umphumela ongajwayelekile.
- Gcina izinwele zakho zihlanzekile ngaphambi kokuhlolwa, futhi mahhala ngezigulisi, ama-gel noma noma yini engaphazamisa ukurekhodwa yi-electrodes.
- Thola ubuthongo obuhle ngaphambi kwenqubo. Khumbula ukuthi, kwezinye izimo, i-neurologist yakho ingase ifune ukuthi uhlale ubusuku obudala, ngoba lokhu kungandisa amathuba okusebenza kwe-epileptiform.
Imithombo:
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I-Chang BS ne-Lowenstein DH. Ukufa kwesifo. I-New England Journal of Medicine. 2003; 349: 1257-66.