.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay said that based on the 2018 research, over 7 crore people worldwide deal with epilepsy, with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which represents a considerable part of the international epilepsy burden. In India, epilepsy is actually particularly prevalent amongst little ones aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year prevalence fee of 22.2 every 1,000 youngsters, he included the launch to note National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be commemorated on Nov 17.
Awareness with National Epilepsy Time event is the one of the possibilities to urge very early diagnosis and also immediate treatment, which are going to essentially lower the problem of epilepsy on people and also society, he added. Released – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.