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C ystic F ibrosis

C ystic F ibrosis. Sunny Singh. What is it?. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a gene mutation. Cystic fibrosis is a disease that causes mucus in the body to become thick and sticky.

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C ystic F ibrosis

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  1. Cystic Fibrosis Sunny Singh

  2. What is it? • Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a gene mutation. • Cystic fibrosis is a disease that causes mucus in the body to become thick and sticky. • This glue-like mucus builds up and causes problems in many of the body's organs, especially the lungs and the pancreas. • CF is caused by a mutation in the gene for the protein cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. This protein is required to regulate the components of sweat, digestive juices, and mucus.

  3. How? • Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic disorders in white children in the United States. It's caused by a change, or mutation, in a gene. The changed gene is passed down in families. To pass on this disease, both parents must be carriers of the changed gene. • It is and can be passed through future generations.

  4. History • Not Truly discovered till 1930s. • Despite this lack of written history for the disease, there has been an inkling of awareness of what CF is since the 1700s, as popularized by the German saying, “A child whose forehead tastes like salt when kissed will soon die.” • 1990’s: Use of gene replacement therapies began as part of the treatment for cystic fibrosis.

  5. Effects • Cystic fibrosis is usually diagnosed at an early age. • Very salty sweat or skin. • Diarrhea. • Not growing or gaining weight the way that other children do. • Breathing problems, lung infections, a cough that does not go away, and wheezing. • Clubbing (rounding and flattening) of the fingers.

  6. Diagnostics • Most people who have cystic fibrosis have signs of it when they are children. In the United States, some states routinely screen newborn babies for cystic fibrosis. • If your child has a positive newborn screening test or symptoms of cystic fibrosis, your doctor will order a sweat test. • Finding a high amount of salt in two sweat tests or finding certain changed genes will confirm a diagnosis.

  7. Treatment • Experts have not yet found a cure for cystic fibrosis, but new and improved treatments help people who have cystic fibrosis live longer. • Most people combine medicines, home treatment methods (including respiratory and nutritional therapies), and other specialized care to manage the disease.

  8. Bibliography • http://www.aboutcysticfibrosis.com/cystic-fibrosis-history.htm • http://children.webmd.com/tc/cystic-fibrosis-topic-overview • http://cysticfibrosis.about.com/od/cysticfibrosis101/a/CFgenetics.htm • http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/cystic_fibrosis.html • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_cystic_fibrosis_occur • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis • http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/cystic-fibrosis • http://www.healingwell.com/library/cysticfibrosis/info2.asp

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