International Epilepsy Day

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Epilepsy affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. iStock / haydenbird

By: Caroline Paré Follow

On the occasion of the International Epilepsy Day which takes place every year in February, we take stock of this cerebral neurological disorder which results in crises, caused by a transient dysfunction of brain nerve cells.

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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 patients and their families can face stigma.

How to live with epilepsy? Can we anticipate crises to protect patients? How to manage the triggering and aggravating factors? How to better care for patients?

  • Dr Gilles Huberfeld, neurologist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital , specialist in neurophysiology and researcher at the Collège de France
  • Candice Sapin , 18, high school student who suffers from epilepsy
  • Marion Sapin , mother of Candice. Member of the association Épilepsie France
  • Dr Marieme Soda Diop-Sène , epileptologist neurologist and neurophysologist at Fann hospital in Dakar, Senegal. General secretary of the Senegalese League against epilepsy.

At the end of the program, we find the nutrition chronicle of Stéphane Besançon, nutritionist and director of the NGO Santé Diabète in Bamako in Mali.

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