Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that prevents how a person’s body make mucus and sweat. It also affects how a person’s lungs and digestive system works. Cystic Fibrosis causes mucus to become very thick, and sweat to be saltier than usual. Thick mucus can make it very hard to breath and can block pancreas, which will make it difficult to digest food properly. Offspring inherits this disease from their parents this illness is common among white people. Doctors can detect Cystic Fibrosis in unborn children with the use of modern technology.
Symptoms of CF include poor weight gain and growth, breathlessness, lung infections and other complications. CF can affect the body in many different ways, it mostly alter the respiratory and digestive systems of the body. Mucus is thin and moist so that it can easily flow through passageways. With Cystic Fibrosis mucus is thick which causes passageways …show more content…
This protein balances the amount of salt that goes through the body, without this protein mucus becomes thick and sticky. To obtain the disease, a child must inherit one copy of the gene from each parent. If the child only receives one copy of the gene, they will not have Cystic Fibrosis, but they are a carrier of the disease and can pass it to their children. Since CF is a recessive gene, a parent that is a carrier has a twenty-five percent chance of having a child with Cystic Fibrosis. With advancements in technology, people with CF can get the treatment they need to improve their health. Digestive system complication can be averted with medication with digestive enzymes for the pancreas. Physical therapy can help improve respiratory problems. To prevent infections a person with Cystic Fibrosis should not go near another person with the disease. If a person tells their doctor, their issues the right medication and help can be given and the person can live a healthy
Symptoms of CF include poor weight gain and growth, breathlessness, lung infections and other complications. CF can affect the body in many different ways, it mostly alter the respiratory and digestive systems of the body. Mucus is thin and moist so that it can easily flow through passageways. With Cystic Fibrosis mucus is thick which causes passageways …show more content…
This protein balances the amount of salt that goes through the body, without this protein mucus becomes thick and sticky. To obtain the disease, a child must inherit one copy of the gene from each parent. If the child only receives one copy of the gene, they will not have Cystic Fibrosis, but they are a carrier of the disease and can pass it to their children. Since CF is a recessive gene, a parent that is a carrier has a twenty-five percent chance of having a child with Cystic Fibrosis. With advancements in technology, people with CF can get the treatment they need to improve their health. Digestive system complication can be averted with medication with digestive enzymes for the pancreas. Physical therapy can help improve respiratory problems. To prevent infections a person with Cystic Fibrosis should not go near another person with the disease. If a person tells their doctor, their issues the right medication and help can be given and the person can live a healthy