.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant specialist Ch. Vijay claimed that based on the 2018 study, over 7 crore people around the globe deal with epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which stands for a significant section of the worldwide epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually specifically widespread amongst youngsters grown older 8– 12 years, along with a five-year occurrence fee of 22.2 every 1,000 kids, he included the release to denote National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be commemorated on November 17.
Awareness by means of National Epilepsy Day celebration is the one of the choices to promote early medical diagnosis and also punctual procedure, which are going to eventually lessen the trouble of epilepsy on individuals and also culture, he added. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.