.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm professional specialist Ch. Vijay mentioned that based on the 2018 research study, over seven crore people globally experience epilepsy, with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which exemplifies a significant part of the worldwide epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually particularly popular amongst youngsters grown old 8– 12 years, along with a five-year frequency fee of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he included the launch to note National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be celebrated on November 17.
Awareness via National Epilepsy Day celebration is the one of the options to promote very early diagnosis and punctual therapy, which will ultimately minimize the burden of epilepsy on individuals as well as community, he added. Published – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.