Science
EpilepsyA huge burden
Epilepsy is a neurological disease related to recurrent paroxysmal abnormal brain function.
A common worldwide disease
Epilepsy affects more than 50 million subjects worldwide and is the most common neurological condition in children
With devastating consequences
Epilepsy has devastating consequences : it affects cognition, particularly learning and memory, disrupts socio-professional & family interactions, causes many co-morbidities including psychiatric conditions. Developmental consequences of a pediatric epilepsy are carried lifelong.
Epilepsy kills
Epilepsy kills : 3-6 times the mortality rate of general population.
EpilepsyStill not optimally treated
- More than 30% of epilepsy patients are still resistant to current treatments which are nonspecific and cause many side effects
- Epilepsy affects 0.8% of the world population with various more or less resistant syndromes
- Moreover, epilepsy carries on stigma
