Early diagnosis and timely treatment can easily assist handle epilepsy, says neurologist

.KIMS Image, Visakhapatnanm consultant specialist Ch. Vijay pointed out that based on the 2018 study, over 7 crore folks globally deal with epilepsy, with 1.2 crore instances in India alone which exemplifies a significant portion of the global epilepsy concern. In India, epilepsy is actually particularly popular among kids aged 8– 12 years, with a five-year occurrence fee of 22.2 per 1,000 kids, he added in the launch to denote National Epilepsy Time 2024 to be celebrated on Nov 17.

Awareness through National Epilepsy Time occasion is the among the options to promote very early diagnosis and also timely therapy, which are going to inevitably lower the problem of epilepsy on people and also community, he added. Released – November 16, 2024 06:07 pm IST.