.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm specialist neurologist Ch. Vijay stated that based on the 2018 research study, over seven crore folks around the globe deal with epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which stands for a considerable section of the international epilepsy worry. In India, epilepsy is particularly popular among children grown older 8– 12 years, along with a five-year frequency price of 22.2 per 1,000 little ones, he added in the launch to mark National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become celebrated on Nov 17.
Awareness with National Epilepsy Time celebration is the among the options to motivate early medical diagnosis as well as timely treatment, which are going to ultimately reduce the concern of epilepsy on people and society, he incorporated. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.