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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 … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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. … Continue reading

What’s New in the Cystic Fibrosis World?

Cystic fibrosis is caused by a gene mutation that is believed to have happened over fifty thousand years ago. Even though it has been around for a large portion of the time that humans have, it was not even recognized as a disease until the 1930′s. Since its recognition, there has been plenty of research … Continue reading

What Foods Should Someone With Cystic Fibrosis Be Eating?

A cystic fibrosis patient should be paying attention to what they eat just as much as they pay attention to their medication. A healthy diet is important for everyone to have, but what is considered healthy for somebody with CF is considered to be extremely unhealthy for anybody else. People with cystic fibrosis are prone … Continue reading

A Brief History of Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis may have been affecting humans since the dawn of human existence, nobody is really sure. The reason for this disease is because of a genetic mutation that occurred in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, also known as the CFTR gene. Since that mutation, for whatever reason, it has been passed down from … Continue reading

How People With Cystic Fibrosis Stay Healthy

Cystic fibrosis is a devastating disease that affects people from their birth until they die. Every single aspect of their lives needs to be planned meticulously. It is not possible to prevent cystic fibrosis at this point because it is a recessive genetic disease. People that are affected by it can manage the illness, but … Continue reading

Diets for Cystic Fibrosis Patients

While most people have to stay away from foods with large amounts of fat and high calorie counts, the exact opposite is true for patients with cystic fibrosis. When somebody has this disease, their pancreas does not work the way it should. The body does not absorb enough glucose from the blood because the pancreas … Continue reading