PRINTER'S NO. 154
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
13
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, SABATINA, BREWSTER,
TARTAGLIONE, SCAVELLO, HUGHES, WARD, SCHWANK, FOLMER,
SCARNATI, BAKER, ALLOWAY, BROWNE, EICHELBERGER, COSTA,
McGARRIGLE, RAFFERTY, DINNIMAN, WILLIAMS, BOSCOLA,
VULAKOVICH, HAYWOOD, YUDICHAK, FARNESE, AUMENT, LANGERHOLC,
HUTCHINSON, RESCHENTHALER, CORMAN, BARTOLOTTA AND WAGNER,
JANUARY 23, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 23, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of February 26 through March 4, 2017, as
"Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, also known as
intracranial hypotension, is a significant, disabling and
underdiagnosed but treatable cause of new-onset headache; and
WHEREAS, CSF bathes and supports the brain and spinal cord;
and
WHEREAS, When the connective tissue known as dura that holds
CSF in around the spinal cord has a hole or tear, the result is
a loss of CSF volume; and
WHEREAS, The most common symptom is a disabling positional
headache that is worse when upright and improved when lying
down; and
WHEREAS, Spinal CSF leaks may cause a wide range of symptoms
and serious complications, including stroke, dementia,
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