What Living With Cystic Fibrosis Means

Many of you are aware of the way cystic fibrosis can affect the human body and all of the health complications that it can create. What many people do not realize though, is the amount of restrictions, psychological issues, and relationship strains that come along with cystic fibrosis. Living with any disease is difficult, that [...]

Trying to Manage Cystic Fibrosis

Unfortunately, cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease. It affects many different parts of the body because of a genetic mutation in a gene that creates glands. As with other genetic diseases, there is no cure at this point for cystic fibrosis. There is research being performed for gene therapy in infants that can correct that [...]

Effects of Cystic Fibrosis on the Lungs

Many different parts of the body can be affected by a disease such as cystic fibrosis. The reason it is so far reaching is because cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation that makes glands throughout the body to function irregularly. This illness has very serious effects on the lungs and there are several [...]

How Parents Can Deal With Cystic Fibrosis

A disease such as cystic fibrosis is very difficult for the people that suffer from it, that is a fact. It affects the entire body from birth until death, causing several complications along the way. But cystic fibrosis does not only affect the patient, it also affects everyone around them, everyone that loves them, and [...]

Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis can wreak havoc on the entire human body, especially the lungs. The disease is actually a genetic mutation that affects the glands in the body negatively. Cystic fibrosis can cause chronic sinus infections, coughing up blood, pneumonia, infection, and eventually respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs), and heart failure. [...]