.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm expert neurologist Ch. Vijay said that based upon the 2018 study, over 7 crore individuals internationally suffer from epilepsy, with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which embodies a significant portion of the global epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is specifically rampant amongst kids grown old 8– 12 years, with a five-year frequency rate of 22.2 every 1,000 kids, he added in the launch to denote National Epilepsy Day 2024 to become commemorated on November 17.
Recognition via National Epilepsy Day occasion is actually the one of the options to motivate very early prognosis and also swift treatment, which are going to ultimately lessen the concern of epilepsy on individuals and community, he included. Posted – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.