.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay claimed that based upon the 2018 research study, over seven crore individuals globally suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore cases in India alone which embodies a considerable portion of the worldwide epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is specifically popular one of youngsters matured 8– 12 years, along with a five-year incidence rate of 22.2 per 1,000 youngsters, he included the release to denote National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be celebrated on Nov 17.
Understanding by means of National Epilepsy Day celebration is the one of the options to urge very early prognosis and also swift treatment, which will inevitably lessen the concern of epilepsy on individuals as well as culture, he added. Released – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.