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Cystic Fibrosis

What is cystic fibrosis?

Facts

What causes cystic fibrosis?

A hereditary chronic disease of the exocrine glands, characterized by the production of viscid mucus that obstructs the pancreatic ducts and bronchi, leading to infection and fibrosis.

~Approximately 30,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with CF, which affects both males and females

~1 out of every 3 people are symptomless carriers of cystic fibrosis

~White people are the main carriers of cystic fibrosis

~Both parents must carry the gene for cystic fibrosis in order for their children to be effected

~Mainly effects the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems

~Cystic fibrosis is not like catching a cold, someone either is born with or without it

~Caused by a defect in a gene that changes a protein that regulates the movement of salt in and out of cells. which results in sticky, thick mucus in the body systems as well as sweat

What are the symptoms?

How is cystic fibrosis treated?

  • Medicines and physical therapy to loosen mucus and control infection
  • Organ transplants and surgery are usually necessary as the disease progresses

How is cystic fibrosis diagnosed?

  • Cystic fibrosis is tested through sweat and genetics
  • Once diagnosed, other tests such as lung function tests, sputum cultures, imaging tests and organ functioning tests are used to help manage the condition

People with cystic fibrosis: what they do to help it.

  • Very salty-tasting skin
  • Persistent coughing, at times with phlegm
  • Frequent lung infections, such as pneumonia or bronchitis
  • Wheezing or shortness of breath
  • Poor growth or poor weight gain in spite of a good appetite
  • Frequent greasy, bulky stools or difficulty in bowel movements
  • Small, fleshy growths in the nose, called nasal polyps

•Prevent and control lung infections

•Loosen and remove mucus from the lungs

•Prevent and treat intestinal blockage

•Providing adequate nutrition

Medicines are used to control infection and physical therapy devices are used to loosen and thin mucus in the lungs.

Life Expectancy

  • Life expectancy for someone with cystic fibrosis is usually not past the teen years or 20's
  • With increasing technology the life expectancy is expected to increase

Work Cited

Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cystic fibrosis?s=t>.

Jr., Floyd. "Cystic Fibrosis." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. The Nemours Foundation, 1 Apr. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions

FAQs about the Cause, Diagnosis, Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis & More | CF Foundation." FAQs about the Cause, Diagnosis, Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis & More | CF Foundation. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/Faqs/#Symptoms-of-CF>.

By: Elissa Pine and Kaitlin Rucci

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