.KIMS Image, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based on the 2018 study, over seven crore individuals worldwide have to deal with epilepsy, with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which stands for a significant part of the international epilepsy worry. In India, epilepsy is actually specifically rampant among youngsters aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year prevalence rate of 22.2 every 1,000 youngsters, he included the launch to mark National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become celebrated on November 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Day occasion is actually the some of the choices to motivate very early prognosis and also immediate therapy, which will ultimately lessen the concern of epilepsy on people as well as society, he added. Released – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.