The Disease with No Cure
Approximately 30,00 people on the united states have Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is a lung disease that limits your ability to breathe overtime. There is no cure but, the disease can be controlled with treatments and a management team. In CF a gene causes a thick buildup of mucus that blocks the airways. Today the life expectancy for people with CF who live past child hood is 37 years. Cystic fibrosis is very unpredictable in the ways it affects your body. It is hard to manage and difficult to live a normal life with.
Cystic Fibrosis affects your body in very harsh ways. According to Dr. Hopkins, "CF is characterized by recurrent pulmonary problems like shortness of breath, increased cough and sputum …show more content…
In the article, Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis: An Insight to their Subjective Experience, Kathryn Badlan says, "Dealing with cystic fibrosis is a complex task and in reality there are many factors involved in coming to terms with living with this time-consuming disease." (Badlan 269) There are many things that have to be done with CF. People with CF have to take their medicine every day, do their treatments, keep up with doctor visits, and manage their health. According to Judy Monroe, "Also, teens with cystic fibrosis often take a lot of medicine and use inhalers. They usually need therapy each day. They must be on the outlook constantly for any changes in their health." (Monroe 2) Treatments such as inhalers, breathing vests, medicines, vapors, and machines at nights are a daily occurrence with cystic fibrosis. In the article Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis: An Insight to their Subjective Experience, Kathryn Badlan states, "The time constraints and increasing complexity of the long-term health care management of cystic fibrosis makes living a 'normal' life difficult." (Badlan 269) A normal life is not an option for people battling cystic fibrosis. Managing CF is very time consuming. People with CF have to do daily treatments and take medicine multiple times a day. Also they have to stay in the hospital frequently making it hard to have what is considered to be a normal life. CF is a very aggressive disease.
Approximately 30,00 people on the united states have Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is a lung disease that limits your ability to breathe overtime. There is no cure but, the disease can be controlled with treatments and a management team. In CF a gene causes a thick buildup of mucus that blocks the airways. Today the life expectancy for people with CF who live past child hood is 37 years. Cystic fibrosis is very unpredictable in the ways it affects your body. It is hard to manage and difficult to live a normal life with.
Cystic Fibrosis affects your body in very harsh ways. According to Dr. Hopkins, "CF is characterized by recurrent pulmonary problems like shortness of breath, increased cough and sputum …show more content…
In the article, Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis: An Insight to their Subjective Experience, Kathryn Badlan says, "Dealing with cystic fibrosis is a complex task and in reality there are many factors involved in coming to terms with living with this time-consuming disease." (Badlan 269) There are many things that have to be done with CF. People with CF have to take their medicine every day, do their treatments, keep up with doctor visits, and manage their health. According to Judy Monroe, "Also, teens with cystic fibrosis often take a lot of medicine and use inhalers. They usually need therapy each day. They must be on the outlook constantly for any changes in their health." (Monroe 2) Treatments such as inhalers, breathing vests, medicines, vapors, and machines at nights are a daily occurrence with cystic fibrosis. In the article Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis: An Insight to their Subjective Experience, Kathryn Badlan states, "The time constraints and increasing complexity of the long-term health care management of cystic fibrosis makes living a 'normal' life difficult." (Badlan 269) A normal life is not an option for people battling cystic fibrosis. Managing CF is very time consuming. People with CF have to do daily treatments and take medicine multiple times a day. Also they have to stay in the hospital frequently making it hard to have what is considered to be a normal life. CF is a very aggressive disease.