How long does electroencephalogram take

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Suffering from cerebral palsy patients have to do EEG, brain lesions, through the detection of EEG can see the reason, some people need surgery, some people need physical therapy, just a few days ago to accompany his cousin to his children to do EEG, to share with you how long it takes to do EEG!

How long does electroencephalogram take

First: do routine brain examination, that is, EEG, the speed is very fast, the time is not much, conventional EEG in about 5-10 minutes, long-term EEG generally need to do 24 hours. You can do it both in sleep and awake.

Second: EEG is a modern auxiliary examination method to help diagnose diseases. It has no trauma to the examinee. EEG has a certain diagnostic value for brain diseases, but it is limited by a variety of conditions, so in most cases it can not be used as the only basis for diagnosis, and needs to be combined with the patient's symptoms, signs, other experimental examination or auxiliary examination to make a comprehensive analysis.

Third: electroencephalogram is the scalp through the electrode already exist with the brain cell electrical activity lead out, after amplification recorded on paper, form a certain graph curve. Under normal circumstances, these bioelectrical activities are very small (one millionth of a volt) and cannot be recorded by ordinary instruments.

matters needing attention

Before EEG, we should make some preparations, which is more conducive to the examination. Patients should wash their hair on the first day of the examination, and should not apply oil, wax or mousse and other hair care products. Check the day to get up early, eat a good meal, in addition to EEG has a serious impact on the drug, generally do not need to stop the drug.