.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm expert neurologist Ch. Vijay claimed that based upon the 2018 research study, over 7 crore folks around the globe suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which stands for a significant section of the worldwide epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is especially prevalent amongst kids grown older 8– 12 years, along with a five-year frequency rate of 22.2 every 1,000 little ones, he included the launch to denote National Epilepsy Day 2024 to become celebrated on Nov 17.
Awareness via National Epilepsy Time celebration is the some of the options to promote very early diagnosis as well as swift procedure, which will eventually lower the burden of epilepsy on people and also community, he included. Posted – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.