Senate Bill sb1384

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 1384

    By Senator Clary





    4-1049-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing February 27, 2003, as

  3         "Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day" in the

  4         State of Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, Peripheral Neuropathy is a disorder that

  7  results from functional impairment or damage to nerves

  8  peripheral to the brain and spinal cord, and

  9         WHEREAS, an estimated 20 million people in the United

10  States suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy, manifesting in many

11  forms, including acute motor paralysis, subacute sensorimotor

12  paralysis, and chronic sensorimotor paralysis, and

13         WHEREAS, Peripheral Neuropathy can result from such

14  different causes as metabolic disease, viral and bacterial

15  infection, physical injury, poisoning, malnutrition, and

16  genetic disorder, and

17         WHEREAS, clinical symptoms can indicate the existence

18  of Peripheral Neuropathy, but precise diagnosis requires

19  review and analysis of medical history, physical examination,

20  medical testing, and exclusionary treatments, and

21         WHEREAS, Peripheral Neuropathy is preventable only to

22  the extent that the underlying cause is preventable, requiring

23  the individual patient's alert awareness of bodily deficiency,

24  illness, infection, or injury that can cause Peripheral

25  Neuropathy, and the individual's willingness to seek early

26  diagnosis and treatment, and

27         WHEREAS, a Neuropathy Association has been constituted

28  to inform people of Peripheral Neuropathy, educate them on its

29  symptoms and best preventive practices, and promote medical

30  research toward improved methods of diagnosing and treating

31  Peripheral Neuropathy, NOW, THEREFORE

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 1384
    4-1049-03




 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That the Florida Senate recognizes February 27, 2003,

 4  as "Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Day" in the State of

 5  Florida.

 6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 7  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

 8  President of the Neuropathy Association as a tangible token of

 9  the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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