PRINTER'S NO. 1689
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
331
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, SABATINA, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF, FONTANA,
MARTIN, FARNESE, BARTOLOTTA, HUGHES, BROWNE, BREWSTER,
FOLMER, KILLION, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK, BLAKE,
BAKER, MENSCH, HUTCHINSON AND COSTA, APRIL 23, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 23, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2018 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that
affects approximately 70,000 children and adults worldwide and
approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States,
1,488 of whom live in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, With CF, a defective gene causes the body to produce
an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads
to life-threatening lung infections and obstructions to the
pancreas that prevent digestive enzymes from reaching the
intestines to help break down and absorb food; and
WHEREAS, More than 10 million Americans are symptomless
carriers of the defective CF gene; and
WHEREAS, CF occurs in approximately 1 out of every 3,500 live
births in the United States; and
WHEREAS, With advancements in the treatment of CF, the median
age of survival for an individual with CF is approximately 40
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