.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay said that based on the 2018 research study, over 7 crore folks around the world experience epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which represents a considerable portion of the international epilepsy problem. In India, epilepsy is actually especially prevalent among little ones aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year prevalence price of 22.2 every 1,000 youngsters, he included the release to denote National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be commemorated on November 17.
Recognition through National Epilepsy Day event is actually the one of the possibilities to encourage very early medical diagnosis and immediate therapy, which are going to inevitably minimize the problem of epilepsy on people as well as society, he added. Released – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.