Cystic Fibrosis

1. Cystic Fibrosis Tragedy of breathing and digestion

2. What is the disorder? • This disorder is called Cystic Fibrosis and it has a nickname which people refer to as “CF” for short

3. How is this disorder inherited? • This disorder is an autosomal recessive disorder and when two parents have a copy of the gene, BOTH parents MUST pass the recessive gene to the offspring in order for them to be affected.

4. Frequency of being affected • Cystic Fibrosis has a 1 in 4 chance of getting when both parent carry a copy of the CF gene. 1 in 3700 Americans are affected.

5. Symptoms and effects • Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis include extreme coughing or wheezing, frequency of passing gas, going to the bathroom for more than 30 min at a time, stuffy nose, shortness of breath when physical activity more easily than normal people.

6. Diagnoses of Cystic Fibrosis • Cystic Fibrosis can be diagnosed through genetic testing, usually people are tested when symptoms are in effect, • Slow gain of weight • Throwing up food • Hard to breath, breathing through mouth a lot

7. Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis? • There is many treatments such as a drug called pulmozyme and another called hypersal. • Both are medications taken in by mouth on a machine called a nebulizer which turns the liquid into mist and ends up loosening mucus making it easier to cough up and extract from the body. • There are also enzymes that help with digestion of food usually containing high fat and protein

8. Cure for Cystic Fibrosis? • There is no cure although scientists are working hard on making more powerful and effective medicines to inhale and more effective enzymes to take making digestion for many patients easier and nutrients can be absorbed

9. Other Information • Most to all Cystic Fibrosis patient where a therapeutic vest which they where around their chest and it shakes them. This loosens mucus off of the lungs also making it easier to cough up.

10. Other Information • Many people with Cystic Fibrosis must be careful about sickness because it gets stuck in the thick sticky mucus and can reproduce and is hard to remove. • Coughing up mucus makes the bacteria(if any contained in sample) leave the body

11. Don’t worry, we’re almost there • Other info includes Iv's which feed nutrients to really sick patients with Cystic Fibrosis. • Others get Sinus surgery which gets all the stuff in the nose out and a patient can breathe through their nose and taste food.

12. Were so close to being finished • More information includes CF patients need to gain weight and doctors know that the patient is healthy when the patient has a good weight. • Underweight patients must have a feeding tube which is connected to their stomach and mothers or fathers put food through the tube which goes into the stomach and helps the patient keep a healthy weight since they lose weight while asleep

13. Last slide, relief right? • Most people would feel awful when they hear that Cystic Fibrosis patients cant go near hot tubs because they have a bacteria called pseudomonas which can cause sickness for life and hospitality unimaginable. =

14. Citations • Pictures: http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi • Cystic Fibrosis Information: • http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/ http://www.pulmozyme.com/understanding http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/cf.html