Early diagnosis and timely treatment can easily aid handle epilepsy, points out neurologist

.KIMS Image, Visakhapatnanm specialist specialist Ch. Vijay stated that based on the 2018 research, over seven crore people around the world suffer from epilepsy, along with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which embodies a significant part of the international epilepsy trouble. In India, epilepsy is especially prevalent one of kids aged 8– 12 years, along with a five-year occurrence price of 22.2 per 1,000 youngsters, he included the release to mark National Epilepsy Day 2024 to be commemorated on Nov 17.

Understanding with National Epilepsy Time celebration is the one of the alternatives to motivate early prognosis and prompt treatment, which will ultimately decrease the concern of epilepsy on individuals as well as society, he added. Published – Nov 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.