Cystic Fibrosis
According to WebMD “More than 30,000 people in the U.S live with cystic fibrosis (CF) and doctors diagnose about 1,000 new cases each year.” CF affects some cells in your body that can make mucus and digestive fluids in your body. These fluids are normally thin and slippery, but CF can make them thick and sticky causing it to block the tubes and ducts throughout the body. After some time mucus builds up and makes breathing harder and since the mucus traps germs, it can lead to infection, it can also cause lung damage such as cysts and fibrosis. Which is actually how Cystic fibrosis got its name. Cystic fibrosis does not spread from people to people (contagious) ,but is caused by disfigurement (mutation) in a gene called
According to WebMD “More than 30,000 people in the U.S live with cystic fibrosis (CF) and doctors diagnose about 1,000 new cases each year.” CF affects some cells in your body that can make mucus and digestive fluids in your body. These fluids are normally thin and slippery, but CF can make them thick and sticky causing it to block the tubes and ducts throughout the body. After some time mucus builds up and makes breathing harder and since the mucus traps germs, it can lead to infection, it can also cause lung damage such as cysts and fibrosis. Which is actually how Cystic fibrosis got its name. Cystic fibrosis does not spread from people to people (contagious) ,but is caused by disfigurement (mutation) in a gene called