PRINTER'S NO. 2232
No. 232 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MAITLAND, ADOLPH, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARD, BARRAR,
BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, CLARK,
L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, FEESE,
FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, HALUSKA, HARHAI,
HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KENNEY,
KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MASLAND,
McGILL, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICOZZIE, S. MILLER, ORIE, PESCI,
PIPPY, PISTELLA, PLATTS, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SCHRODER, SCRIMENTI, SEYFERT, B. SMITH,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO,
TRUE, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 20, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of October 3 through 9, 1999, as "Reflex
2 Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Week" in
3 Pennsylvania.
4 WHEREAS, All Pennsylvanians should be made aware that a
5 multitude of seemingly unrelated disorders constitute the
6 serious condition known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
7 (RSDS); and
8 WHEREAS, There are an estimated eight million people
9 throughout the United States who suffer from RSDS, a painful
10 disorder caused by an overactive sympathetic nervous system
11 following a trauma, injury, infection or surgery; and
12 WHEREAS, In 70% of patients RSDS spreads through the same,
13 opposite or both extremities and can spread throughout the body;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, Any part of the body, internally or externally, may
3 be affected, causing constant and excruciating pain; and
4 WHEREAS, Despite the efforts of many health care
5 professionals, researchers and doctors, RSDS remains extremely
6 difficult to diagnose and treat; and
7 WHEREAS, If the disease is undetected and untreated in the
8 early stages, the cure rate for patients drops significantly to
9 less than 5%, and RSDS may become a lifelong debilitating
10 condition; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the week
12 of October 3 through 9, 1999, as "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
13 Syndrome Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the citizens
15 of this Commonwealth to learn about the causes, symptoms,
16 diagnoses and treatments for reflex sympathetic dystrophy
17 syndrome; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be provided to the
19 Philadelphia Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group, the
20 Northwestern Pennsylvania Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
21 Association and the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
22 Association of America.
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