.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay claimed that based on the 2018 study, over seven crore people around the globe suffer from epilepsy, with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which exemplifies a substantial part of the worldwide epilepsy burden. In India, epilepsy is especially widespread amongst youngsters aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year frequency cost of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he added in the launch to note National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be celebrated on November 17.
Awareness with National Epilepsy Time occasion is actually the one of the choices to urge very early diagnosis as well as swift therapy, which are going to ultimately reduce the problem of epilepsy on people and society, he included. Posted – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.