Cystic+Fibrosis

=What is Cystice Fibrosis?=


 * Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease. This disease affects the entire body not just a single part. It most commonly affects the lungs. It is caused by a mutation in a gene called Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator. This gene is found in the human chromosome 7. It moderates sweat, dijestive juices, and mucus. Cystice Fibrosis causes mucus to enter the lungs and other organs.Sadly this disease cause early deaths. It is a recessive disease so if the parents are heterozyous for Cystic Fibrosis then they would have a forth chance of having a child with this disease.**

=**What are some symptoms of Cystice Fibrosis?**=

Some common symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis are difficulty breathing caused by mucus in the lungs, lung infections, sinus infections, diarrhea, poor growth, and infertility. A few other symptoms include recurring pneumonia, weasing, asthma, changes of color in sputum (flem), and foul smelling poopy.

= = =**Is there a cure for this disease?**=

media type="youtube" key="6v5o9AzjH6Q" height="229" width="288" align="right" No, there is no cure. There is a foundation called the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, they are currently trying to find a cure for it. According to [] there currently is none and they believe the closest thing to one will be gene therapy. Although there is no cure there is medicine that helps fight it.

this is a picture of the lungs of a person suffering from CF. The white areas in the lungs is the mucus

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