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.EEG machine

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.EEG machine

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.EEG machine

What can 24-hour ambulatory electroencephalogram detect?

Firstly, the probability of finding abnormal discharge is greatly increased by long-term dynamic detection, which can significantly improve the diagnostic rate of epilepsy.

Secondly, some epilepsy epilepsy occurs during sleep or in the morning, and some epilepsy is induced by watching TV and listening to music. Long-term dynamic EEG detection can detect abnormal EEG at these times, while traditional short-term detection is difficult to detect.

Thirdly, dynamic detection can better determine the origin of epilepsy and provide a reliable basis for the diagnosis, classification and surgical location of epilepsy. To reassure patients, dynamic electroencephalogram (AEEG) testing is noninvasive and painless. Therefore, AEEG is very valuable in the diagnosis of epilepsy.