PRINTER'S NO. 3191
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
683
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, MILLARD, BURNS, KORTZ, BIZZARRO,
LONGIETTI, QUINN, SONNEY, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, FREEMAN, KINSEY,
KIM, ROEBUCK, TOOHIL AND READSHAW, JANUARY 21, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 21, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating January 26, 2020, as "Kawasaki Disease Awareness
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome,
is a serious illness characterized by inflammation of blood
vessels throughout the body that primarily affects young
children and infants; and
WHEREAS, On January 26, 1961, Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, a
Japanese pediatrician, discovered a pattern of symptoms that
would later be named Kawasaki disease; and
WHEREAS, Symptoms of Kawasaki disease include a fever lasting
at least five days, red bloodshot eyes, rash, inflammation of
the mouth, lips and throat and swollen hands, feet and lymph
nodes; and
WHEREAS, The first cases of Kawasaki disease reported outside
of Japan were in Hawaii in 1976; and
WHEREAS, Although Kawasaki disease is more prevalent among
children of Asian and Pacific Island descent, this illness
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