Cystic Fibrosis
Marissa Willard
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
Treatments
Cystic Fibrosis has no official cure. A person can go to get chest physical therapy which helps clear out the mucus. Exercising and staying healthy helps reduce the amount of mucus. There are many medications that can help the individual. Some of the goals of treatments is to.. prevent/control lung infections loosen/remove thick lung mucus prevent blockage in intestines
Diagnosing
One way is a sweat test where they wrap a paper dick on your arm which causes you to sweat and then they take that and do special testings on it. They can also use genetic testing while the child is still in the womb. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder. a person is born with it.
Complications
They can contract Bronchietasis very easily.They can also get different chronic infections. They can also suffer from a collapsed lung or respiratory failure. The person with cystic fibrosis will not had an easy life. The amount of time they live depends on the type of genetic mutation they have.
Citataions
Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Definition." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 13 June 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.