National Epilepsy Day- November 17th

November 18, 2023

National Epilepsy Day is celebrated every year in India on November 17^th to raise awareness around the brain disorder and bust myths surrounding the disease.
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that can cause seizures due to abnormal brain activity or temporary changes in the brain’s electrical functioning.
The brain continuously generates tiny electrical impulses in an orderly pattern that travel along the network of nerve cells in the brain.
In epilepsy, these electrical rhythms become imbalanced, and the normal electrical pattern is disrupted by sudden and synchronized bursts of electrical energy that may briefly affect their consciousness, movements or sensations.
According to WHO, around 50 million people worldwide are affected by epilepsy and India accounts for nearly 10-20 percent (5-10 million) of the global burden of epilepsy.