.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay mentioned that based on the 2018 research study, over 7 crore folks around the globe suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which works with a sizable part of the worldwide epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually especially widespread one of kids aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year occurrence price of 22.2 every 1,000 children, he added in the launch to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be celebrated on November 17.
Recognition by means of National Epilepsy Day festivity is actually the among the options to promote early prognosis and prompt treatment, which will inevitably lessen the worry of epilepsy on individuals and also community, he included. Posted – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.