Cystic fibrosis is a life – shortening inherited disorder that affects the way in which salt and water move into and out of the body’s cells. It effects mostly the lungs and the digestive system; where thick mucus blocks the small tubes and ducts of the pancreas. (Orenstein) The classic triad of exocrine abnormalities are pancreatic insufficiency‚ chronic recurrent pulmonary infections and an elevated sweat electrolyte concentration. At birth the pancreas shows signs of disease and the lungs appear
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CYSTIC FIBROSIS ONE OUT OF EVERY 2‚500 BIRTHS IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS. THIS FACT MAKES CYSTIC FIBROSIS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON GENETIC DISEASES IN THE NATION. ABOUT 30‚000 AMERICANS HAVE THE DISEASE‚ BUT EVEN THOUGH CYSTIC FIBROSIS IS THE NATIONS MOST COMMON GENETIC DISEASE THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT IT. CYSTIC FIBROSIS IS RELATIVELY COMMON IN CALCASTION PEOPLE BUT RARE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. THE DISEASE IS VERY UNCOMMON IN MONGOLIANS. FIVE
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Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is the condition in which the alveolar wall is thickened by scarring‚ causes the patients to have shortness of breath‚ fatigue and lower the oxygen saturation. PF may have definable causes but in many cases‚ the causes remain unknown. Those cases with unknown causes called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Air is drawn in by the nose and mouth‚ passes through the bronchi to the bronchioles and finally reaches millions of alveoli. Around the alveolar is a group of many capillaries
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The symptoms that are associated with cystic fibrosis can be reduced through diet and exercise‚ support can be provided from staff at specialist centre for cystic fibrosis. There are many support clinics available for individuals that suffer from cystic fibrosis. These clinics tend to be separated between those for children and those for adults. Children that suffer from cystic fibrosis can normally receive care in a general hospital if there is a cystic fibrosis clinic present. As well as the individual
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I realized that one serious disease that I have a chance of developing at some point in my life is Cystic fibrosis. Many people are familiar with cystic fibrosis or have heard about it at some point in time in their life. According to an article that I read Cystic fibrosis is a buildup of thick‚ sticky mucus that can damage many of the body’s organs (“Genetic Home Reference”‚ 2012). Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease‚ and it is inherited by autosomal recessive‚ which means that there must be two
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| gland that secretes through a duct: a gland that releases a secretion through a duct to the surface of an organ‚ e.g. the sweat and salivary glands | Microsoft® Encarta® 2006. © 1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * As part of the Endocrine System The pancreas is positioned in the upper abdomen‚ just under the stomach. The major part of the pancreas‚ called the exocrine pancreas‚ functions as an exocrine gland‚ secreting digestive enzymes into the gastrointestinal tract
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Mendonça KM. Standard (head-down tilt) versus modified (without head-down tilt) postural drainage in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Mar 10;3:CD010297. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010297.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 25756796. Brief Description of patient: The patient is a 5 year old female diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and presents with difficulty breathing and difficulty clearing secretions. She is unable to walk or run long periods of time‚ has difficulty
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an individual. Genetic factors Cystic fibrosis is caused by a flawed gene. Children will only develop cystic fibrosis if both parents are carriers of the gene. Its protein product causes the lungs to become sticky and clogged. People with cystic fibrosis tend to suffer from chest and respiratory infections which is life threatening as it affects their breathing and they will also have problems absorbing food. Physical development-children with cystic fibrosis tend to go through puberty 2 or 3
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Potential effects of different factors on development I am going to write about the following factors and how they may affect the development of an individual. · Rubella (Biological) · Cystic fibrosis (Genetic) · Smoking (Lifestyle) · Poor Housing (environmental) · Poverty (Socio-economic) Rubella & CRS Rubella is an infection also known as German measles. It is most common amongst children but may also affect adults. It is passed on through the tiny droplets in the air. If a pregnant woman
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conditions to form‚ such as downs syndrome or cystic fibrosis (Royal College of Nursing‚ 2012). Cystic fibrosis is caused by a recessive and defective gene called CFTR (NHS Choices‚ 2012). This means that if both of the parents carry the gene‚ there is a 25% chance of the child having cystic fibrosis. If the child only inherits one of the genes‚ compared to two‚ they will only be a carrier and will remain unaffected (Stretch and Whitehouse‚ 2010). Cystic fibrosis effected 1 in every 2‚500 babies that were
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