PRINTER'S NO. 1177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
192
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, MARTIN, SABATINA, FONTANA,
GREENLEAF, LANGERHOLC, FARNESE, BARTOLOTTA, BROWNE, BREWSTER,
RESCHENTHALER, WHITE, DINNIMAN, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY, VOGEL,
BOSCOLA, HUGHES, McILHINNEY, FOLMER, MENSCH, AUMENT AND
COSTA, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2017 as "Brain Aneurysm
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, A brain aneurysm is an abnormal or fusiform bulging
of an artery in the brain; and
WHEREAS, An estimated 6,000,000 individuals in the United
States, or 1 out of every 50, have a brain aneurysm; and
WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are most likely to occur in
individuals between 35 and 60 years of age and there are
typically no warning signs; and
WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are more likely to occur in women
than in men by a three-to-two ratio; and
WHEREAS, Various risk factors can contribute to the formation
of a brain aneurysm, including smoking, hypertension and a
family history of brain aneurysms; and
WHEREAS, An unruptured brain aneurysm can lead to double
vision, vision loss, loss of sensation, weakness, loss of
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balance, weakness, incoordination and speech problems; and
WHEREAS, A brain aneurysm is often discovered when it
ruptures and causes a subarachnoid hemorrhage; and
WHEREAS, A subarachnoid hemorrhage can lead to brain damage,
hydrocephalus, stroke and death; and
WHEREAS, Each year more than 30,000 individuals in the United
States suffer from ruptured brain aneurysms and 40% of these
individuals die as a result; and
WHEREAS, Annually, between 3,000 and 4,500 individuals in the
United States with ruptured brain aneurysms die before reaching
the hospital; and
WHEREAS, A number of advancements have been made in recent
years regarding the detection of aneurysms, including the
computerized tomography (CT) scan, the magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) test and the cerebral arteriogram; and
WHEREAS, Early detection of brain aneurysms can save lives;
and
WHEREAS, Various research studies are currently being
conducted in the United States in order to better understand,
prevent and treat brain aneurysms; and
WHEREAS, Brain aneurysm survivors, their families and
friends, along with families and friends who have lost a loved
one to a brain aneurysm, are working tirelessly across this
Commonwealth to raise funding for research studies; and
WHEREAS, The annual Pittsburgh Brain Aneurysm Run/Walk was
established in 2013 as an additional resource for funding those
efforts and is now in its 4th year; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of September
2017 as "Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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