http://www.cysticfibrosis.net Cystic Fibrosis Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:59:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_65" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Living With Cystic Fibrosis Means"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/what-living-with-cystic-fibrosis-means.html [caption id="attachment_62" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Manage Cystic Fibrosis"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/trying-to-manage-cystic-fibrosis.html [caption id="attachment_57" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Cystic Fibrosis on the Lungs"][/caption] 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. ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/effects-of-cystic-fibrosis-on-the-lungs.html [caption id="attachment_53" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="How Parents Can Deal With Cystic Fibrosis"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/deal-with-cystic-fibrosis.html http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/what-is-cystic-fibrosis.html [caption id="attachment_37" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis "][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/symptoms-of-cystic-fibrosis.html [caption id="attachment_27" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Cystic Fibrosis World"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/cystic-fibrosis-world.html [caption id="attachment_24" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Foods"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/foods-cystic-fibrosis.html [caption id="attachment_20" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="History of Cystic Fibrosis"][/caption] 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. ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/history-cystic-fibrosis.html [caption id="attachment_17" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Healthy"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.cysticfibrosis.net/how-people-with-cystic-fibrosis-stay-healthy.html