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Cystic Fibrosis Disease

Cystic Fibrosis Disease. (A disease that hurts). By Thomas Bielicki. About Cystic Fibrosis. Mucus with a person that has Cystic Fibrosis. Normal mucus in the lungs is wet and slippery. But when a person has Cystic Fibrosis mucus becomes thick and sticky which causes it to block airways.

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Cystic Fibrosis Disease

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  1. Cystic Fibrosis Disease (A disease that hurts) By Thomas Bielicki

  2. About Cystic Fibrosis Mucus with a person that has Cystic Fibrosis Normal mucus in the lungs is wet and slippery. But when a person has Cystic Fibrosis mucus becomes thick and sticky which causes it to block airways. Regular Mucus

  3. How this can be passed to offspring: • The trait for Cystic Fibrosis is recessive. • Most people carry this trait and could pass it to their children. • A person with Cystic Fibrosis inherits two recessive traits from their parents. C F C F CC CF Recessive Trait CF FF

  4. Symptoms for Cystic Fibrosis: • Dehydration • Liver disease • Diabetes • Infections that block the airways that causes frequent coughing • Frequent bouts of sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia • Pneumothorax • Diarrhea

  5. How it affects lives: Cystic Fibrosis is a fatal disease. Many people have died and many with continue to die. During people’s lives with Cystic Fibrosis they intend to cough a lot, have pneumonia, or can have continuous bronchitis. Many people today fight Cystic Fibrosis and intend to live past it. But, unfortunately, most people with Cystic Fibrosis don’t live till past the age of thirty. Today doctors are doing everything they can to protect people with Cystic Fibrosis, they are intending to see how they can make a cure.

  6. Finding a cure: In recent years doctors have been trying to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. So far no cure has been found. But doctors are trying to investigate how they can create a cure for the people with Cystic Fibrosis. Doctors are trying to prevent and control lung infections, loosen and remove thick, sticky mucus from the lungs, prevent or treat blockage in the intestines, provide enough nutrition, or prevent dehydration. So today doctors have come up with lots of theories to find cures.

  7. Sweat Test (finds out if you have Cystic Fibrosis) First doctors cause the patients arm or leg to sweat. They then collect the sweat and analyze it. A confirm for Cystic Fibrosis is if the sweat contains high sweat levels. Cystic Fibrosis detected

  8. Here is a video about Cystic Fibrosis http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/what-is-cystic-fibrosis/e5675b8e57a1ff26da14e5675b8e57a1ff26da14-535470998239?q=cystic+fibrosis&FROM=LKVR5&GT1=LKVR5&FORM=LKVR28

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