Full Text of HR0839 96th General Assembly
HR0839 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood | 3 |
| vessels; also called angiitis, vasculitis causes changes in the | 4 |
| walls of blood vessels, including thickening, weakening, | 5 |
| narrowing, and scarring; the inflammation from these changes | 6 |
| can be short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) and can be so | 7 |
| severe that the tissues and organs supplied by the affected | 8 |
| vessels don't receive enough blood; this shortage of blood can | 9 |
| result in organ and tissue damage, and even death; and
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| WHEREAS, Many types of vasculitis exist and, although rare, | 11 |
| vasculitis can affect anyone; some age groups are affected more | 12 |
| than others, depending on the type of vasculitis; while some | 13 |
| forms of vasculitis improve on their own, others require | 14 |
| treatment, which often includes long-term medication; each | 15 |
| year, 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for vasculitis care; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Diseases resulting from vasculitis include | 18 |
| Behcet's disease, Buerger's disease, Central Nervous System, | 19 |
| Churg Strauss syndrome, Cryoglobulinemia, Giant Cell | 20 |
| Arteritis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Hypersensitivity | 21 |
| vasculitis, Kawasaki disease, Microscopic Polyangiitis, | 22 |
| Polyarteritis nodosa, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Rheumatoid | 23 |
| vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis, and Wegener's |
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| Granulomatosis; and
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| WHEREAS, The Vasculitis Foundation, with the help of | 3 |
| grassroots support, works to support positive change in the | 4 |
| lives of people who live with vasculitis; the foundation's | 5 |
| members work in Washington D.C. to educate Congress about | 6 |
| Vasculitis and the need to support research funding so that a | 7 |
| modern science can better understand the disease and identify | 8 |
| advanced treatments and, one day, find a cure; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| designate the week of April 25 - May 1, 2010 as Vasculitis | 12 |
| Awareness Week in the State of Illinois in order to help | 13 |
| educate the public about vasculitis diseases and the need for | 14 |
| research funding; with this resolution, Illinois will be the | 15 |
| first State to officially recognize this disease with an | 16 |
| Awareness Week; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to The Vasculitis Foundation as a symbol of our | 19 |
| support.
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