Epilepsy: 50 million people affected worldwide

2023-05-04 08:00:03
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that results in seizures, caused by transient dysfunction of brain nerve cells. Epilepsy is the second most common chronic neurological disease, following migraine. (Replay) According to the WHO, it affects nearly 50 million people worldwide, and affects all age groups. Epilepsy can be treated in 70% of cases, but sufferers and their families may face stigma. How to live with epilepsy? Can we anticipate crises to protect patients? How to manage triggers and aggravating factors? How to better care for patients? Pr Viviane Bouilleret, university professor, hospital practitioner, head of the Neurophysiology department at the Kremlin Bicêtre University Hospital in Val-de-Marne Hélène Gaudin, vice-president of Épilepsie-France, who presents the White Book on epilepsy on the occasion of the second National Epilepsy Summit Prof. Célestin Kaputu, neuropsychiatrist-neuropaediatrician at the Neuropsychopathological Center / CNPP of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kinshasa in the DRC.
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