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    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…

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    Cystic Fibrosis Research

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    Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is caused by a mutation in the CFTR gene. CFTR stands for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator whose mutation commonly leads to the deletion of three nucleotides which code for the amino acid phenylalanine. The mutation, therefore, leads to the loss of this amino acid. The mutant CFTR leads to the disease as the incorrect protein folding is detected in the endoplasmic reticulum which leads the protein to be degraded and thus never reaches the…

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    Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease of the secretory glands, glands that make up mucus and sweat. It is also known as mucoviscidosis, that affects mostly the lungs but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys and intestine. Long term issues include difficulty breathing and coughing up sputum as a result of frequent lung infections. A defect in the CFTR gene causes cystic fibrosis. This gene makes a protein that controls the movement of salt and water in and out of your body's cells. In people who…

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    Cystic Fibrosis also known as “CF” is a genetic disorder that can be considered life threatening. This disease is common in the United States and is often found in white newborns. More than 30,000 people in the United States have this disease and approximately 70,000 people worldwide. CF can be screened for in prenatal care visits for early diagnosis. The CF gene was discovered in 1989, research has been supported through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic…

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    When dealing with patients with Cystic Fibrosis it is important to know what education materials are needed for the patients and their families, whether it is in a hospital, a home, or in a specialized program. Some facilities in particular, will have educational materials online so that the patient’s families can print them out and review the material. The education materials will include instructions on how to perform the following: active cycles of breathing techniques, autogenic drainage,…

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    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…

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    Cystic fibrosis SYMPTOMS- there are a couple of major symptoms that include repeated lung infections and the inability to gain weight. Some of symptoms consist of pain areas (in the abdomen), cough ( can be chronic, with blood or with phlegm), gastrointestinal (diarrhoea, heartburn and serve constipation, respiratory (pulmonary hypertension, delayed puberty or slow growth), developmental ( delayed development, delayed puberty or slow growth), whole body ( fatigue or inability to exercise) and…

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    The three most important mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of bronchiectasis are infection, airway obstruction, and peribronchial fibrosis. In some cases, all three mechanisms are involved; in others, one is the…

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    their height, which is why it is frequently debated if kids that are shorter than average should be allowed to receive injections of growth hormones. Growth hormones in the past have been used for children who have growth hormone deficiencies or idiopathic short stature (HGH: Is Growth Hormone Safe for Kids? 1). Smaller than average children should not be able to use growth hormone injections if they are healthy because it can be expensive, painful, and not worth the risks. Treatment for…

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    What Is Cystic Manipulation?

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    caused diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Having genetically cause diseases leads to a low life expectancy, increased health issues in the population which could be increased if the amount of faulty alleles were to increase in the population naturally and the number of beneficial alleles were to decrease in the gene pool without any interference by humans and it will not beneficial to the population, therefore is why human manipulation…

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