0001|                       HOUSE MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1995
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0003|                        INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                        VINCE MARTINEZ
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0010|                          A MEMORIAL
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0011|     RECOGNIZING LOCAL LUPUS SUPPORT GROUPS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO
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0012|     PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH LUPUS, TO
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0013|     EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT LUPUS AND TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE
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0014|     CAUSE AND CURE OF LUPUS.
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0016|      WHEREAS, it is estimated that five hundred thousand
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0017|     Americans have been diagnosed with lupus; and
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0018|      WHEREAS, lupus can occur at any age, and in either sex,
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0019|     although it occurs ten to fifteen times more frequently among
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0020|     adult females than in males; and
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0021|      WHEREAS, lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that loses
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0022|     its ability to tell the difference between foreign substances
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0023|     and its own cells and tissues; and
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0024|      WHEREAS, many lupus symptoms mimic those of other illnesses
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0025|     and are sometimes vague, therefore making it difficult to
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0001|     diagnose; and
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0002|      WHEREAS, currently, there is no single laboratory test that
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0003|     can determine whether a person has lupus or not; and
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0004|      WHEREAS, in order to assist a physician in the diagnosis of
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0005|     lupus, the American rheumatism association issued a list of
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0006|     symptoms or signs that help distinguish lupus from other
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0007|     diseases; and
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0008|      WHEREAS, early treatment may decrease the chance of
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0009|     permanent tissue or organ damage and reduce the time one must
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0010|     remain on high doses of drugs; and
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0011|      WHEREAS, the progress made in treatment and diagnosis
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0012|     during the last decade has been greater than that made over the
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0013|     past one hundred years; and
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0014|      WHEREAS, it can be said that eighty to ninety percent of
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0015|     people with lupus are much better today and deaths from lupus
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0016|     are very uncommon;
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0017|      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0018|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislature
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0019|     provide support to the New Mexico medical society and local
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0020|     lupus support groups in their patient education and prevention
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0021|     programs, public awareness activities and advocacy for the
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0022|     disease; and
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0023|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be sent
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0024|     to the New Mexico medical society.
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