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LRB096 17928 GRL 33296 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood |
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| vessels; also called angiitis, vasculitis causes changes in the |
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| walls of blood vessels, including thickening, weakening, |
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| narrowing, and scarring; the inflammation from these changes |
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| can be short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) and can be so |
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| severe that the tissues and organs supplied by the affected |
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| vessels don't receive enough blood; this shortage of blood can |
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| result in organ and tissue damage, and even death; and
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| WHEREAS, Many types of vasculitis exist and, although rare, |
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| vasculitis can affect anyone; some age groups are affected more |
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| than others, depending on the type of vasculitis; while some |
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| forms of vasculitis improve on their own, others require |
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| treatment, which often includes long-term medication; each |
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| year, 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for vasculitis care; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Diseases resulting from vasculitis include |
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| Behcet's disease, Buerger's disease, Central Nervous System, |
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| Churg Strauss syndrome, Cryoglobulinemia, Giant Cell |
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| Arteritis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Hypersensitivity |
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| vasculitis, Kawasaki disease, Microscopic Polyangiitis, |
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| Polyarteritis nodosa, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Rheumatoid |
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| vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis, and Wegener's |