LAHORE – February 14 (ONLINE): Punjab Institute of Neuro-Sciences (PINS) on Monday arranged awareness walk and seminar to observe ‘World Epilepsy Day’.
Executive Director PINS Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, while addressing the walk and seminar said that Epilepsy is one of the major neurological diseases in the world which is caused by a disorder in the brain cells and patients with this disease have occasional spells. He added that the care and upkeep of such a patient becomes a permanent responsibility of his family for which they have to face long term difficulties as well.
Participants of awareness walk on this occasion carried banners and pamphlets on disease awareness, prevention and symptoms.
Dr. Khalid Mehmood said that development of medical science and availability of modern medicines in the market has made it possible to treat Epilepsy disease in a better way. He said that due to modern trends in neuro-medical sciences, it is important to create awareness among the people about the diagnosis of Epilepsy so that people can seek treatment from an authorized doctor instead of going to quacks.
Prof. Mohsin Zaheer told that more than 50 million people in Pakistan suffer from epilepsy and about 9 out of every 1,000 people in Pakistan are affected by this disease. The prevalence of this disease is around 1% which is very high ratio. He said that the main cause of epilepsy after 50 years is high blood pressure, diabetes and brain tumors while effective measures can be used to control this disease.
Explaining the symptoms of this disease, Dr. Shahid Mukhtar said that during epileptic seizures, the patient faints, the tongue gets stuck between the teeth, the hands and feet become twisted or stiff, the pupils of the eyes go up, the mouth becomes stiff. Symptoms of epilepsy are asymptomatic, with seizures lasting 1 to 2 minutes and if a patient has these symptoms for more than five minutes, he should be taken to hospital immediately.
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