HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 19

(By Delegates Rowan, Frich, Eldridge, Hicks, Ambler, Anderson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Armstead, Atkinson, Barrett, Bates, Blair, Boggs, Brewer, Butler, Byrd, Canestraro, Capito, Caputo, Cooper, Cowles, Criss, Dean, Deem, Diserio, Espinosa, A. Evans, E. Evans, Fast, Ferro, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Foster, Graves, Gearheart, Hamilton, Harshbarger, Higginbotham, Hill, Hollen, Hornbuckle, Householder, Howell, Iaquinta, Isner, Jennings, Campbell, Kelly, Kessinger, Lane, Longstreth, Love, Lovejoy, Lynch, Marcum, Martin, Maynard, McGeehan, Miley, C. Miller, R. Miller, Moye, Nelson, Pack, Overington, Paynter, Pethtel, Phillips, Pushkin, Pyles, Robinson, Rodighiero, Rohrbach, C. Romine, R. Romine, Rowe, Shott, Sobonya, Sponaugle, Statler, Storch, Sypolt, Thompson, Upson, Wagner, Walters, Ward, Westfall, Williams, Wilson and Zatezalo)

[ Introduced January 19, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Rules]

Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature designate Sunday, May 6^th, 2018, as a day of recognition of World Moyamoya Awareness Day in West Virginia.

Whereas, Moyamoya is a rare neurovascular condition seen in children and adults in which the walls of the internal carotid arteries—the vessels that supply blood to important areas of the brain—become thickened and narrowed, reducing blood flow; and

Whereas, This blockage of flow puts patients at great risk of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and strokes; and

Whereas, Moyamoya is not a well-known disease and can often go misdiagnosed or undetected; and

Whereas, While there is no known medical treatment capable of reversing or stabilizing progression of Moyomoya syndrome it can progress quickly; and

Whereas, Moymoya syndrome is more common in children and has higher prevalence in children diagnosed with sickle cell disease or trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome); and

Whereas, Awareness is the key to saving lives and early detection and diagnosis provides patients with Moyamoya the best chance of survival; and

Whereas, The good health and well-being of the residents of the state are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about Moyamoya and research into early detection, causes, and effective treatments; and

Whereas, West Virginia will be aligned with World Moyamoya Day on May 6th to bring awareness to the public and the medical community, prompting early diagnosis; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That Sunday, May 6, 2018 is named a day of recognition of World Moyamoya Awareness Day and all citizens are urged to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.