.KIMS Symbol, Visakhapatnanm expert specialist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based on the 2018 research study, over seven crore individuals around the world suffer from epilepsy, with 1.2 crore scenarios in India alone which exemplifies a significant part of the global epilepsy burden. In India, epilepsy is actually specifically rampant amongst kids grown old 8– 12 years, with a five-year frequency rate of 22.2 per 1,000 children, he added in the release to mark National Epilepsy Time 2024 to become celebrated on November 17.
Awareness through National Epilepsy Day festivity is actually the among the options to promote early prognosis and also timely procedure, which will inevitably minimize the worry of epilepsy on individuals and also community, he added. Posted – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.