What is it?
• Cystic Fibrosis- is an inherited disease of the
mucus glands that affects many body systems. It
causes the mucus glands to create a thick and
sticky mucus.
• Mucus- Slippery substance that
Moisturizes and protects the
Linings of the airways.
Autosomal recessive
Alternate names
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Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
Mucoviscidosis
Who is most likely to get this disease?
• About one of every 30 white people (about 3 in 100 or
about 3%) carries the gene. If a relative of yours has CF, or
is known to be a carrier of CF, your chance of being a carrier
is greater based on your family history than your ethnic
background. Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common lifeshortening, childhood-onset inherited diseases. In the
United States, 1 in 3900 children are born with CF. It is most
common among Europeans and Ashkenazi Jews; one in
twenty-two people of European descent are carriers of one
gene for CF, making it the most common genetic disease in
these populations. Ireland has the highest rate of CF
carriers in the world (1 in 19).
Symptoms in newborns
• It depends on if the carriers of the child have
and or had CF.
• No bowel movement in the first 24 to 48
hours of newborns life
• Failure to gain weigh normally
• No bowel movement in the first 24 to 48
hours of newborns life
• Salty tasting skin
Symptoms in adults
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fever
Increased gas
Pneumonia
Bloating
Rapid weight loss
Loss for appetite
Sinuses are stuffed and it is painful
Increased cough or coughing up blood
Belly pain
Shortness of breath
Lung dysfunction
For men some other (but somewhat rare) symptoms include: Sweat
glands overact and messed up reproductive system
How common is it?
• Cystic fibrosis is a common genetic disease
within the Caucasian (white) population in the
United States. The disease occurs in 1 in 2,500
to 3,500 Caucasian newborns. Cystic fibrosis is
less common in other ethnic groups, affecting
about 1 in 17,000 African Americans and 1 in
31,000 Asian Americans.
Can it shorten lifespan? Is this disease
deadly?
• Yes Cystic Fibrosis is deadly for people the
ages of 35 and above.
• Children tend to be healthy but as they get
older the body starts to deceases.
Test for babies
• In most states it is required that babies be tested
soon after being born to check if they have any
types of deadly and or harmful diseases.
• In babies they prick the foot and collect the blood
on filter paper and look for any thing irregular.
• They also look for other things that can harm the
child after being born such as immunoreactive,
and trypsinogen
• Newborn Screening
Test for older children and adults
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Cat scan
Chest x-ray
Lung function test
Blood test
Upper G.I and small bowel series
Sweat chloride
Genetic Carrier Testing
Treatments for pancreas and lungs
Lungs
• Medicines
• Exercise
• Chest physical therapy
Pancreas
• Vitamins A, B, C, D, and K
Support groups or people who can help
• There are all sorts of place to go to treated for
Cystic fibrosis.
Resources/bibliography
• http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/cysticfibrosis
• http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/c
onditions/cysticfibrosis.html
• http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/Testing/