Bill Text: MI SR0094 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to recognize November 14-20, 2021, as Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-10 - Adopted [SR0094 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SR0094-Enrolled.html
senate resolution no.94
Senators VanderWall, Bayer, Bullock and Chang offered the following resolution:
A resolution to recognize November 14-20, 2021, as Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week.
Whereas, The National Institute of Health (NIH) defines a rare disease as a condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. Today, there are approximately 7,000 rare diseases impacting almost 30 million Americans; and
Whereas, Thyroid eye disease, also known as TED, is both a serious, progressive and rare autoimmune condition in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy muscle and fat tissue behind the eye, causing inflammation and scar tissue to form; and
Whereas, People with TED often have debilitating symptoms of eye bulging, double vision, blurred vision, pain, facial disfigurement and, in severe cases, blindness; and
Whereas, People living with TED often face long-term functional, psychosocial, and economic burdens, including the inability to work or perform the activities of daily living; and
Whereas, The exact underlying process by which TED occurs is not fully understood. TED is a serious, vision-threatening condition that can get worse over time; and
Whereas, TED is estimated to have a prevalence of 16 per 100,000 women, and 2.9 per 100,000 men in the general population; and
Whereas, A diagnosis of TED is based upon identification of characteristic symptoms, a detailed patient history, a thorough clinical evaluation, and a variety of specialized tests; and
Whereas, Since there is also a genetic component to the condition, people who have a family member with the disease or a family member with an autoimmune disease are at a greater risk of developing TED; and
Whereas, TED Awareness Week was established through a collaboration of advocacy organizations including the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc (AARDA) and Prevent Blindness; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That the members of this legislative body recognize November 14-20, 2021, as Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week; and be it further
Resolved, That Michigan, along with AARDA and Prevent Blindness, continue to engage in disease awareness and patient support for TED.
