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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 29, 2013 02:18 PM
From: Senator Mike Folmer
To: All Senate members
Subject: Resolution: May 2013 as Childhood Stroke Awareness Month in Pennsylvania
 
In the near future I will be offering a resolution declaring May 2013 as Childhood Stroke Awareness Month in Pennsylvania.

Incidents of stroke are not restricted merely to adults, but occur in children before, during, and after birth. Pediatric strokes affect one in every 3,000 to 4,000 children, including children in utero up to the age of eighteen. Up to a third of children that have had a stroke will have a recurrent stroke; and nine percent of children who suffer strokes will die. Over half of children who suffer a stroke will develop lifelong cognitive or motor disability in addition to, but not limited to, long-term neurological disabilities.

Very little is known about childhood stroke. Treatment and prevention of childhood stroke is minimal and only through medical research and education may effective treatment and prevention techniques be developed so that childhood stroke be identified.

Co-sponsor’s last session were: FOLMER, KITCHEN, STACK, BLAKE, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, PIPPY, GREENLEAF, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, FARNESE, DINNIMAN, SCHWANK, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, WARD, COSTA, FERLO, EARLL, BRUBAKER and BROWNE.



Introduced as SR119