.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant neurologist Ch. Vijay said that based on the 2018 study, over seven crore folks internationally suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore cases in India alone which stands for a significant portion of the international epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually especially prevalent amongst children aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year frequency price of 22.2 every 1,000 youngsters, he added in the release to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be celebrated on November 17.
Recognition through National Epilepsy Day event is actually the among the possibilities to promote very early diagnosis as well as prompt procedure, which will essentially lower the concern of epilepsy on individuals and culture, he incorporated. Posted – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.