To prevent the patient from catch an infection and the probability of malnutrition it is important that the patient be diagnosis in the early stages of the disease. If patients with cystic fibrosis take the proper precautions, they will have the chance to participate in all actives in school and sports. Patients diagnosed with clubbing are required to take vitamins and high calorie diets. A person with clubbing is on watch regularly to make sure there height, weight and growth are at good standing. A patient with cystic fibrosis needs to take 30% more food intake then a person that does not have it do to incomplete absorption. Depending on what stage a cystic fibrosis is at a low fat diet would definitely not be recommended except for under special circumstances. Most people with this disease can not take in an adequate amount of nutrients needed from food, even though they are on generalized diets and vitamins, so a feeding tube is there only option to get the nutrients they need in there …show more content…
Individuals living with this genetic disease are living with never ending bacteria colonization, which means there lungs are always host to numerous species of bacteria. Having good nutritional in take, and a good build of health, can help maintain a good and stable immune system, which lows the chance of catching an infection or a attack to the lungs. A planned out exercise routine is another way to keep a good bill of health. Although maintaining good health is a away to help prevent infection, cleaning the lungs of mucus will also help to stop infection from entering the body system. The control of mucus is a major concept to manage cystic fibrosis. Special breathing techniques can help to clear up the lungs and some advanced tools can be used to help loosen the fluids to be able to drain the mucus from the lungs more easily. There are many prescription drugs to prevent mucus from clogging up the airways, steroids help to reduce the inflammation in the lungs. Most patients with clubbing can pick up bacterial infections from other patients with the same disease. Many doctors prescribe antibiotics to their cystic fibrosis patients only during the infection stage, but majority of doctors would rather use antibiotics on a patient long