.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm specialist specialist Ch. Vijay stated that based on the 2018 research, over seven crore folks around the globe experience epilepsy, with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which works with a significant portion of the worldwide epilepsy problem. In India, epilepsy is especially rampant amongst little ones aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year prevalence fee of 22.2 every 1,000 youngsters, he added in the release to note National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become celebrated on Nov 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Day celebration is the some of the options to urge early diagnosis as well as timely therapy, which are going to essentially reduce the burden of epilepsy on people and also community, he included. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.