Epilepsy: 50 million people affected worldwide

Published on : 17/11/2022 – 09:00

We take stock of this neurological disorder which results in seizures, caused by a transient dysfunction of cerebral nerve cells.

Epilepsy is the second most common chronic neurological disease, after migraine. 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?

• Professor Viviane Bouilleret, University professor, hospital practitioner, head of the Neurophysiology department at Kremlin Bicetre University Hospital in the Val-de-Marne
• Helene Gaudinvice-president ofEpilepsy-Francewhich presents the Epilepsy White Paper on the occasion of the second National Epilepsy Summit
• Professor Celestin Kaputuneuropsychiatrist-neuropaediatrician at the Neuropsychopathological Center / CNPP of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kinshasa in the DRC.

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