.KIMS Image, Visakhapatnanm consultant specialist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based on the 2018 research study, over 7 crore folks internationally struggle with epilepsy, with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which stands for a substantial part of the global epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is especially prevalent among little ones grown older 8– 12 years, along with a five-year occurrence price of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he included the launch to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to become celebrated on November 17.
Awareness via National Epilepsy Day celebration is the among the options to motivate early medical diagnosis and also prompt procedure, which are going to eventually lower the burden of epilepsy on individuals and also culture, he incorporated. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.