.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm specialist neurologist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based upon the 2018 study, over seven crore folks worldwide suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which exemplifies a substantial part of the international epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is particularly prevalent amongst little ones grown older 8– 12 years, with a five-year occurrence fee of 22.2 per 1,000 little ones, he added in the release to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be commemorated on November 17.
Understanding through National Epilepsy Time festivity is actually the among the choices to urge very early medical diagnosis and also immediate treatment, which are going to ultimately decrease the burden of epilepsy on individuals and community, he added. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.