.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm specialist neurologist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based upon the 2018 research study, over seven crore folks internationally suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which embodies a significant part of the global epilepsy burden. In India, epilepsy is specifically popular one of little ones aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year incidence fee of 22.2 per 1,000 youngsters, he added in the launch to denote National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become commemorated on Nov 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Time event is the one of the possibilities to promote very early medical diagnosis and immediate therapy, which are going to eventually lower the worry of epilepsy on individuals and also culture, he incorporated. Posted – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.