NURSES will be setting up a market stall this weekend to try to raise more awareness about epilepsy.
Pam Mantri and Lesley McCoy, specialist epilepsy nurses at the University Hospital of North Durham, will be joined by members of the Durham Epilepsy Support Group to offer health information and first hand advice on living with the condition.
The stall is being set up in the Market Place, Durham City, on Thursday and Friday and has been timed to coincide with National Epilepsy Week.
Pam Mantri, Epilepsy Specialist Nurse said: "There is still a lot of stigma associated with epilepsy and it is therefore important that we support national campaigns such as this locally to help raise awareness of the condition and how it can be managed.
"As health professionals we can provide a lot of advice and information about what we know but having the members of the support group there with us means people can also hear what it feels like which can be very beneficial.
"There continues to be a lot misdiagnosis of epilepsy so we’ll be talking to people about the symptoms associated with epilepsy, what do if someone sees a seizure but also about how the condition can be managed".
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