.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay mentioned that based on the 2018 research study, over 7 crore people around the globe suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which exemplifies a considerable section of the global epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is specifically popular among little ones aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year incidence rate of 22.2 every 1,000 kids, he added in the launch to note National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be celebrated on Nov 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Time party is actually the some of the possibilities to encourage very early prognosis as well as immediate treatment, which are going to inevitably lessen the burden of epilepsy on individuals and community, he added. Posted – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.