Full Text of HR0282 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung disease includes a | 3 | | group of rare life-threatening lung diseases in children that | 4 | | may lead to progressive, incurable lung scarring or life-long | 5 | | lung problems; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Certain children's interstitial lung diseases can | 7 | | progress quickly, often causing disability or death within the | 8 | | first two years of life; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung disease is one of the | 10 | | leading causes of lung transplantation in children, due to | 11 | | scarring and an irreversible loss of the lung tissue's ability | 12 | | to transport oxygen; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung disease is not the | 14 | | same as adult interstitial lung disease; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung diseases are caused | 16 | | by poorly understood genetic abnormalities that affect | 17 | | families, producing infection, bleeding in the lungs, | 18 | | autoimmune diseases, or abnormal lung development; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung diseases are often | 20 | | mis-diagnosed or under-diagnosed; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There is no proven cure or treatment for | 2 | | children's interstitial lung diseases; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Limited funding is available for these rare lung | 4 | | problems in children; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A need has been identified to increase research | 6 | | funding, awareness, and detection of these mis-diagnosed and | 7 | | under-diagnosed disorders, as well as all incarnations of | 8 | | children's interstitial lung disease; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we recognize the need to pursue research into the causes, a | 12 | | treatment, and an eventual cure for children's interstitial | 13 | | lung disease; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we support the work of advocates and | 15 | | organizations in educating, supporting, and providing hope for | 16 | | individuals who suffer from children's interstitial lung | 17 | | disease; and be it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate advocates and organizations | 19 | | for their efforts to educate the public about children's | 20 | | interstitial lung disease, while funding research to help find |
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| 1 | | a cure for this disorder; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That we designate June 26-July 2, 2011, as | 3 | | Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Awareness Week in the | 4 | | State of Illinois.
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