.KIMS Image, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay stated that based upon the 2018 research study, over seven crore folks worldwide experience epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which stands for a considerable portion of the international epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is actually particularly common among youngsters grown older 8– 12 years, with a five-year incidence cost of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he included the launch to denote National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be commemorated on November 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Time event is actually the among the alternatives to urge very early diagnosis and also timely therapy, which are going to inevitably minimize the burden of epilepsy on people and also society, he added. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.