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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Niello</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> Relative to Chiari Malformation Awareness Month. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>This measure would declare September 2025 as Chiari Malformation Awareness Month.</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Chiari malformation is a serious neurological disorder affecting more than 300,000 people in the United States; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Chiari malformation was first identified by Austrian pathologist Professor Hans Chiari in the 1890s and categorized into four types, in order of severity; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Chiari malformation is a congenital malformation in which the bottom of the brain, known as the cerebellum, is crowded in the skull cavity and forces the lower tips of the cerebellar hemispheres, or tonsils, into the hole in the bottom of the skull, or foramen magnum; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Chiari malformations are defects in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls balance, and this creates pressure on the cerebellum and brain stem and may block the normal flow of cerebral spinal fluid to and from the brain; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Symptoms usually appear during adolescence or early adulthood and can include severe head and neck pain, vertigo, muscle weakness, balance problems, blurred or double vision, difficulty swallowing, and sleep apnea; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Individuals who have Chiari malformation may often have related conditions, such as hydrocephalus, spina bifida, syringomyelia, tethered spinal cord syndrome, and spinal curvature; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health, is conducting research to find alternative surgical options and to identify the cause of Chiari malformations to create improved treatment and prevention plans; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring,</html:i>
That the Legislature declares September 2025 as Chiari Malformation Awareness Month; and be it further
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<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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