.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm specialist specialist Ch. Vijay mentioned that based on the 2018 research, over 7 crore people worldwide deal with epilepsy, with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which embodies a considerable part of the international epilepsy problem. In India, epilepsy is actually especially rampant among children aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year incidence rate of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he included the release to note National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become commemorated on November 17.
Recognition via National Epilepsy Day occasion is actually the some of the possibilities to encourage very early diagnosis and immediate therapy, which will eventually minimize the problem of epilepsy on individuals as well as community, he added. Published – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.