Full Text of SR0237 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome | 3 | | (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder | 4 | | associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) create the | 5 | | sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children, | 6 | | causing previously healthy and emotionally adjusted children | 7 | | to experience severe anxiety and emotional disturbances; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Children with PANS and PANDAS tend to manifest | 9 | | some of the following symptoms: tics or other abnormal | 10 | | movements, severe separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, | 11 | | irritability, aggression, personality changes, ADHD, marked | 12 | | deterioration in learning and school performance, and | 13 | | developmental regression, including deterioration in | 14 | | handwriting; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Pediatric infection-triggered autoimmune | 16 | | neuropsychiatric disorder (PITAND) is similar to PANS and | 17 | | PANDAS in terms of presentation, except that PITAND can be | 18 | | triggered by numerous infections, including mycoplasma, | 19 | | pneumonia, mononucleosis, Lyme disease, viruses, and more; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Children with PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND may | 21 | | experience moderate to dramatic improvement with antibiotics, | 22 | | intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, or plasmapheresis; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Researchers at the National Institute of Mental | 2 | | Health are currently engaged in extensive research and testing | 3 | | on how to effectively treat PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Researchers at Moleculera Labs at the University | 5 | | of Oklahoma have developed PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND blood | 6 | | testing procedures; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, PANDASNetwork.org is a nonprofit organization | 8 | | that raises the awareness about PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The actual number of children suffering from PANS, | 10 | | PANDAS, and PITAND has been estimated to be approximately one | 11 | | out of every 50 children in the United States; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND are likely to be as | 13 | | common as pediatric cancer and pediatric diabetes; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public | 15 | | awareness of this serious health issue; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the date | 18 | | of October 9 of 2015 and 2016 as PANS, PANDAS, and PITAND | 19 | | Awareness Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Wendy Nawara, President of PANDAS/PITAND/PANS | 3 | | Advocacy and Support of Illinois.
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