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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