Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease in which the lungs and digestive system get filled and clogged up with think sticky mucus. Cystic Fibrosis can also be called Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, Mucoviscidosis, Mucoviscidosis of the pancreas, Pancreas fibrocystic disease, Pancreatic cystic fibrosis. This disease affects the cells that control digestive fluids, sweat and mucus in the body, and makes these fluids thicker and stickier then normal. This leads to the clogging up and certain ducts and passageways throughout the body. Cystic fibrosis is usually diagnosed in early childhood, the main symptoms include, coughs, chest and lung infections, inability to gain weights and fatty
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This idea was later proven in 1948 where it was found that a child with cystic fibrosis will have an increase of salt concentration in their sweat. However, it was in 1938 when the first detail report on this disease was made by Dr. Dorothy Andersen. In the report she called the disease “Cystic Fibrosis of the pancreas” which was based on her findings during autopsies of children who dies from malnutrition. It was at this time when cystic fibrosis was looked at as a completely separate disease different then patients with …show more content…
It is is also possible that it can cause cirrhosis of the liver. This happens when the bile that are drained out of the liver become thicker then usual and blocks the ducts that is meant to drain this bile. Over time this can cause irritation and scarring which will lead to cirrhosis. Cystic fibrosis can also make a man or women infertile. For men with cystic fibrosis, even though they still produce sperm, the tubes that the sperm needs to pass are blocked with thick mucus, which makes it hard for sperm to be delivered. As for women, the uterus can be filled with thick mucus which will make it almost impossible for sperm to travel through and reach and fertilize the egg. Another problem people can experience is low bone density. Vitamin D needs fat to be used by the body, and since the body is having trouble fat and other nutrients from the food we eat, these people will have less vitamin D for their
This idea was later proven in 1948 where it was found that a child with cystic fibrosis will have an increase of salt concentration in their sweat. However, it was in 1938 when the first detail report on this disease was made by Dr. Dorothy Andersen. In the report she called the disease “Cystic Fibrosis of the pancreas” which was based on her findings during autopsies of children who dies from malnutrition. It was at this time when cystic fibrosis was looked at as a completely separate disease different then patients with …show more content…
It is is also possible that it can cause cirrhosis of the liver. This happens when the bile that are drained out of the liver become thicker then usual and blocks the ducts that is meant to drain this bile. Over time this can cause irritation and scarring which will lead to cirrhosis. Cystic fibrosis can also make a man or women infertile. For men with cystic fibrosis, even though they still produce sperm, the tubes that the sperm needs to pass are blocked with thick mucus, which makes it hard for sperm to be delivered. As for women, the uterus can be filled with thick mucus which will make it almost impossible for sperm to travel through and reach and fertilize the egg. Another problem people can experience is low bone density. Vitamin D needs fat to be used by the body, and since the body is having trouble fat and other nutrients from the food we eat, these people will have less vitamin D for their