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what the risks are --> brain, brain wave monitor, electroencephalogram, brain wave test, an electroencephalogram, eeg, test to detect abnormalities, in the electrical activity, the brain, brain cells communicate by producing tiny electrical impulses, in an eeg, electrodes, placed on the scalp over multiple areas, the brain to detect, record patterns of electrical activity, check, abnormalities, test is performed, eeg technician, specially designed room that in health care provider's office, at a hospital, lie on back on a table, reclining chair, technician, apply between 16, 25 flat metal discs, electrodes, in different positions on scalp, discs, held in place, a sticky paste, electrodes, connected by wires to an amplifier, a recording machine, recording machine converts the electrical signals into a series, wavy lines, drawn onto a moving piece of graph paper, lie still, eyes closed, any movement, certain things, recording, breathe deeply, rapidly, several minutes, look at a bright flickering light, , wash hair the night, not use any oils, sprays, conditioner on hair, want to discontinue some medications, not change, stop medications, first consulting health care provider, should avoid all foods containing caffeine, 8 hours, it is necessary to sleep, asked, reduce sleep time the night, infants, children, test depends on child's age, level of trust, prepare child, infant test, procedure preparation, birth to 1 year, toddler test, procedure preparation, 1 to 3 years, preschooler test, procedure preparation, 3 to 6 years, schoolage test, procedure preparation, 6 to 12 years, adolescent test, procedure preparation, 12 to 18 years, this test causes, no discomfort, having electrodes pasted onto skin, feel strange, record activity, not produce any sensation, eeg, help diagnose the presence, type of seizure disorders, to look, confusion, to evaluate head injuries, tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, metabolic disturbances that affect the brain, evaluate sleep disorders, to investigate periods of unconsciousness, eeg, confirm brain death, comatose patient, eeg cannot be, "read the mind", measure intelligence, diagnose mental illness, brain waves have normal frequency, amplitude, characteristics, typical, abnormal findings, indicate the following, seizure disorders, epilepsy, convulsions, structural brain abnormality, brain tumor, brain abscess, head injury, encephalitis, inflammation, the brain, hemorrhage, abnormal bleeding, a ruptured blood vessel, cerebral infarct, tissue that is dead, a blockage, the blood supply, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, eeg, confirm brain death in someone who, coma, additional conditions under which the test performed, arteriovenous malformation, cerebral, benign positional vertigo, cerebral aneurysm, complicated alcohol abstinence, delirium tremens, creutzfeldt-jacob disease, delirium, dementia, dementia, due to metabolic causes, febrile seizure, children, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, insomnia, labyrinthitis, meniere's disease, metastatic brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, optic glioma, partial, focal, seizure, partial complex seizure, petit mal seizure, pick's disease, senile dementia, alzheimer's type, shy-drager syndrome, syphilitic aseptic meningitis, temporal lobe seizure procedure is very safe, seizure disorder, a seizure triggered by flashing lights, by hyperventilation, health care provider performing the eeg is trained to take care of, this happens.