PRINTER'S NO. 22
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
41
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, READSHAW, BIZZARRO,
SONNEY, CALTAGIRONE, McNEILL, BURNS, DiGIROLAMO, RYAN,
MILLARD, OBERLANDER, MURT, LONGIETTI, HILL-EVANS, YOUNGBLOOD,
PASHINSKI, DRISCOLL, NEILSON AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 24, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 24, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating January 26, 2019, as "Kawasaki Disease Awareness
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome,
is a serious illness characterized by inflammation of blood
vessels throughout the body that primarily affects young
children and infants; and
WHEREAS, On January 26, 1961, Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, a
Japanese pediatrician, discovered a pattern of symptoms that
would later be named Kawasaki disease; and
WHEREAS, Symptoms of Kawasaki disease include a fever lasting
at least five days, red bloodshot eyes, rash, inflammation of
the mouth, lips and throat and swollen hands, feet and lymph
nodes; and
WHEREAS, The first cases of Kawasaki disease reported outside
of Japan were in Hawaii in 1976; and
WHEREAS, Although Kawasaki disease is more prevalent among
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