.KIMS Icon, Visakhapatnanm consultant specialist Ch. Vijay mentioned that based upon the 2018 research study, over seven crore folks around the world struggle with epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore situations in India alone which stands for a sizable portion of the international epilepsy problem. In India, epilepsy is actually specifically prevalent one of little ones aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year occurrence fee of 22.2 every 1,000 kids, he included the launch to mark National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become commemorated on Nov 17.
Understanding via National Epilepsy Day festivity is the among the options to encourage early prognosis and also prompt therapy, which will inevitably reduce the trouble of epilepsy on people as well as society, he added. Released – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.