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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease of the exocrine glands, usually developing during early childhood and affecting mainly the pancreas, respiratory system, and sweat glands. It is characterized by the production of abnormally viscous mucus by the affected glands, usually resulting in chronic respiratory infections and impaired pancreatic function. Cystic fibrosis is also called mucoviscidosis.This disease is marked by chronic infections, clogged airways, and digestive and reproductive problems.
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| What
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Cystic-Fibrosis ? |
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Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease, meaning it is caused by a defect in the person's genes. Genes, found in the nucleus of all the body's cells, control cell function by serving as the blueprint for the production of proteins. Proteins carry out a wide variety of functions within cells. The gene that, when defective, causes CF is called the CFTR gene, which stands for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. A simple defect in this gene leads to all the consequences of CF.
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| What
are the symptoms of
Cystic-Fibrosis ? |
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The symptoms are:
- Thick, viscous mucus secretions in the lungs
- Repeated infections: The accumulation of sticky, thick mucus in the lungs creates a favorable environment for infectious microorganisms to inhabit and flourish.
- Stools, pale or clay colored, foul smelling, or stools that float
- Recurrent pneumonia
- Chronic cough, possibly with blood streaking
- Wheezing
- Bronchitis
- Chronic sinusitis
- Asthma
- Nasal polyps (fleshy growths inside the nose)
- Weight loss, failure to thrive in infants, abdominal swelling
- Excessive salt in sweat, dehydration
- Failure of newborn to pass stool
- Abdominal pain, flatulence
- Fatigue
- Enlarged fingertips (clubbing)
- Changes in color and amount of sputum (material coughed
up from the lungs)
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| Diagnosis
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The tests include:
- Sweat chloride test
- DNA testing
- Fecal fat test
- Upper GI and small bowel series
- Measurement of pancreatic function
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| How
is
Cystic-Fibrosis cured? |
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Cystic-Fibrosis
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| What
are the complications? |
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The complications are:
Pneumonia, recurrent
Pneumothorax
Coughing up blood
Chronic respiratory failure
Cor pulmonale
Liver disease
Diabetes
Osteoporosis and arthritis
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