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Declaring May 12, 2014 "National Fibromyalgia | 1 |
Awareness Day" in Ohio. | 2 |
WHEREAS, Millions of people in the United States have | 3 |
fibromyalgia, a medical disorder for which there is no known cure; | 4 |
and | 5 |
WHEREAS, Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness that causes | 6 |
debilitating pain and fatigue in women, men, and children of all | 7 |
ethnicities; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, Patients with this illness often have to learn to | 9 |
live with widespread pain throughout their bodies, extreme | 10 |
fatigue, sleep disorders, migraine headaches, and impairment of | 11 |
memory and concentration; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, Patients with fibromyalgia often have a number of | 13 |
co-existing conditions, which may include chronic myofascial pain, | 14 |
irritable bowel syndrome, temporomandibular joint disorder, | 15 |
environmental sensitivities, anxiety, and depression; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, Increased awareness and expanded knowledge of the | 17 |
realities of living with fibromyalgia and its impact on patients' | 18 |
quality of life will allow the community to better support people | 19 |
who struggle with the challenges of this chronic-pain illness; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, Early diagnosis and a multi-disciplinary approach to | 21 |
treatment reduces severity of symptoms; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, The National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain | 23 |
Association; Kevin Hackshaw, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine | 24 |
at The Ohio State University College of Medicine; E. Michelle Lee, | 25 |
host of The Exceptions to the Rules radio program; and other | 26 |
groups around the country have joined together to promote | 27 |
fibromyalgia awareness and support; now therefore be it | 28 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 29 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, declare May 12, | 30 |
2014, as "National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day" in Ohio; and be it | 31 |
further | 32 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 33 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 34 |