Cystic fibrosis is a disease that is passed down in families. It is a disease that does not affect your normal life, you can still work and go to school. There have been many improvements so people are doing better longer. It does require daily care. Some common symptoms include: coughing thicker mucus, wheezing, breathlessness, lung infections, stuffy nose, exercise intolerance, and more. Cystic fibrosis is a gene mutation, children have to receive the gene from each parent to get cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is most common in the white race, but could affect everyone. Cystic fibrosis increases the chance of getting diabetes. Most men that have cystic fibrosis are usually infertile. Pregnancy can make the symptoms of cystic fibrosis worse,
