.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm specialist neurologist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based upon the 2018 study, over seven crore individuals globally suffer from epilepsy, with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which stands for a sizable portion of the international epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is actually specifically popular amongst children aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year incidence price of 22.2 per 1,000 youngsters, he included the launch to note National Epilepsy Day 2024 to become celebrated on Nov 17.
Recognition by means of National Epilepsy Day celebration is actually the some of the options to urge very early diagnosis and punctual procedure, which are going to eventually lessen the concern of epilepsy on people and also community, he added. Published – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.