Published on : 02/10/2020 – 08:00Modified : 02/10/2020 – 15:07
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On the occasion of International Epilepsy Day, which takes place every year in February, we take stock of this neurological brain disorder which results in seizures, caused by transient dysfunction of brain 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 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?
Guests:
- Dr Gilles Huberfeld, neurologist atPitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, specialized in neurophysiology and researcher at France secondary school
- Candice Fir, 18, high school student with epilepsy
- Marion Sapin, mother of Candice. Member ofEpilepsy France association
- Dr Marieme Soda Diop-Sène, epileptologist and neurophysiologist at Fann Hospital in Dakar, Senegal. Secretary General of the Senegalese League Against Epilepsy.
At the end of the program, we find the nutrition chronicle of Stéphane Besançon, nutritionist and director ofDiabetes Health NGO in Bamako, Mali.
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