.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm expert specialist Ch. Vijay said that based on the 2018 research, over seven crore individuals around the world suffer from epilepsy, with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which represents a considerable part of the global epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually especially rampant amongst children grown old 8– 12 years, along with a five-year frequency fee of 22.2 every 1,000 children, he added in the launch to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to become celebrated on November 17.
Awareness by means of National Epilepsy Time event is the among the options to encourage very early diagnosis as well as timely treatment, which are going to ultimately lower the burden of epilepsy on people and society, he added. Posted – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.