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Coming to the next examination to the pediatrician, parents receive various directions for testing, to specialists, ultrasound. Having found among them a direction for neurosonography, they begin panic, fearing for the health of the child, because the word is frightening and not familiar.
What is NSG, it is worth worrying about before examination, how it can be useful, what problems it solves and can harm a baby? How to prepare for this procedure?
Neurosonography or otherwise ultrasound of the brain, recommended for all children under the age of one year. The survey is conducted to identify abnormalities in the formation brain of a baby, detection of dangerous neoplasms, hemorrhages and other factors that can negatively affect health a child.
Cerebral nasal hypertension is a very important procedure for infants and You can’t refuse it. No examination is capable of at such an early stage to identify deviations and diseases that are given An ultrasound will help to detect.
NSGs are usually prescribed as part of a routine inspection, and therefore everyone children are given a direction for an ultrasound of the brain, even if, then no good reason. But there are children for whom such a procedure is vital necessary, these are:
- Early born, premature (earlier 9 months);
- Unusually shaped skulls;
- Born with a small weight (up to 2.8 kg);
- With a disturbed central nervous system;
- Undergoing hypoxia;
- Born by caesarean section;
- Injured during childbirth;
- Having deviations in the development of the body.
Specialist during examination should make an assessment of the size and contour of the ventricles brain, and examine its vessels.
You can check the brain for tumors, cysts, evaluate the structure of the tissue (whether it has undergone deformation), Check if the main walls and contours are expanded.
The slightest change in the structure of the brain can lead to diseases such as rickets, epilepsy, meningitis, etc.
NSG is a brain examination through ultraviolet rays that are completely safe for the baby. This procedure does not affect the body of the baby, on the formation his organs and the change in well-being. No painful or no pleasant sensations during the examination, the child does not experiencing.
In the office to the specialist you need to take a diaper, a towel and any bright object (rattle, handkerchief) that can be distract the baby during the examination. If you’re lucky baby distracted by a doctor and will examine him.
The examination lasts no more than 15 minutes. Before you start lay the diaper on the couch, put the baby and hold the head, so that the doctor can smear it with gel. The gel is safe for the baby and serves as a conductor for the device.
The specialist will drive the head over the sensor for a while the place where the fontanel is and fix indications on the device. Also small fontanelles (in the temporal and occipital areas).
The fontanel zones are preferable because the rays cannot penetrate through bones. That is why ultrasound is prescribed in such early age. When the fontanel drags on, such an examination will be not available.
At the end of the examination, the doctor will write a conclusion, note all indicators and paste in your card. The basis for the NIS can serve and a large bump on the forehead of the child.
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NSG – a survey that does not cause inconvenience, takes up little time, but able to identify serious developmental disabilities brain of the baby. It will help to detect the problem in time and timely start her treatment.