| PRINTER'S NO. 2401 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. | 481 | Session of 2014 |
INTRODUCED BY WILEY, COSTA, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, ERICKSON, FOLMER, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH, WHITE, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, FARNESE, FERLO, KITCHEN, SCHWANK, SMITH, SOLOBAY, STACK, TEPLITZ AND WOZNIAK, OCTOBER 15, 2014
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 15, 2014
A RESOLUTION
1Designating the month of November 2014 as "Epilepsy Awareness
2Month" in Pennsylvania.
3WHEREAS, Epilepsy affects more than 200,000 Pennsylvanians;
4and
5WHEREAS, Epilepsy is one of the world's oldest known medical
6conditions; and
7WHEREAS, Epilepsy is not a widely understood medical
8condition; diagnoses of this chronic brain condition often leads
9to fear, discrimination and isolation; and
10WHEREAS, As the third most common neurological disorder in
11the United States, following stroke and Alzheimer's disease,
12epilepsy affects 5 million Americans of all ages; and
13WHEREAS, Approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy are
14diagnosed each year, most often in young children or senior
15citizens; and
16WHEREAS, One in ten Americans will experience a seizure at
1some point in their lives and 3% of them will eventually develop
2epilepsy; and
3WHEREAS, One in three people with epilepsy must endure
4uncontrollable seizures because no available treatment works for
5them; and
6WHEREAS, Epilepsy is characterized by recurring seizures that
7are physical reactions to sudden, brief, excessive electrical
8discharges in brain cells; and
9WHEREAS, These excessive electrical discharges impact the
10brain, causing seizure disorders; and
11WHEREAS, Seizures, often thought to be full-body convulsions,
12can be brief muscle spasms or unconscious behaviors that appear
13to be attention lapses; and
14WHEREAS, Increased awareness of epilepsy eases fears of the
15condition and improves the lives of the millions of affected
16persons and those who care for them; and
17WHEREAS, Encouraging the support of epilepsy research
18programs can make the future of persons with epilepsy much
19better and brighter; therefore be it
20RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of November
212014 as "Epilepsy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.