Cystic Fibrosis Part 1
Jenna Saline
Kaplan University
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic condition that has an affect on many organs of the patient. This disease will ultimately lead to fatal impairment of the lungs. It is most common to see Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed from early childhood to young teens. Cystic Fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder in which both gene alleles must be mutated for the disease to be expressed (Ignatavicius and Workman, 2013). As every person is unique, the severity of the effects from CF will vary from person to person. Although the life expectancy has risen over the years for people with CF, life expectancy is still reduced with this disease to an average lifespan of approximately 32 years.
Cystic Fibrosis is a condition of congested chloride transference in the cell membranes. The inability for chloride to transport causes thick mucus to form. This mucus contains little water content which is was causes it to be so thick. The mucus becomes unmanageable leading to complications with the lungs, pancreas, liver, salivary glands, and testes. The copious accumulations of the person’s secretion than clogs the airway of the lungs and glandular tissues …show more content…
This test is used to measure the amount of chloride and sodium the child releases during perspiration. When the chloride is stagnant it prevents the absorption of sodium into the sweat glands. This than leads to an increased chloride level from the patient. Most people do not have an excess amount of these two components. A patient with CF will have more than double the amount of sodium and chloride than that found on a patient that does not have CF. Additional testing may be necessary to determine the direct source of the mutated gene. Determining whether the mother or the father is the host of the mutated genome source can prove to be rather critical to further determine the severity of the child’s
Jenna Saline
Kaplan University
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic condition that has an affect on many organs of the patient. This disease will ultimately lead to fatal impairment of the lungs. It is most common to see Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed from early childhood to young teens. Cystic Fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder in which both gene alleles must be mutated for the disease to be expressed (Ignatavicius and Workman, 2013). As every person is unique, the severity of the effects from CF will vary from person to person. Although the life expectancy has risen over the years for people with CF, life expectancy is still reduced with this disease to an average lifespan of approximately 32 years.
Cystic Fibrosis is a condition of congested chloride transference in the cell membranes. The inability for chloride to transport causes thick mucus to form. This mucus contains little water content which is was causes it to be so thick. The mucus becomes unmanageable leading to complications with the lungs, pancreas, liver, salivary glands, and testes. The copious accumulations of the person’s secretion than clogs the airway of the lungs and glandular tissues …show more content…
This test is used to measure the amount of chloride and sodium the child releases during perspiration. When the chloride is stagnant it prevents the absorption of sodium into the sweat glands. This than leads to an increased chloride level from the patient. Most people do not have an excess amount of these two components. A patient with CF will have more than double the amount of sodium and chloride than that found on a patient that does not have CF. Additional testing may be necessary to determine the direct source of the mutated gene. Determining whether the mother or the father is the host of the mutated genome source can prove to be rather critical to further determine the severity of the child’s