Cystic+Fibrosis+-+Dina+L

Cystic Fibrosis **Description: ** **- **Protein made by the gene helps salt move in and out of the cells. -The lung cells are the cells that are seriously affected by Cystic Fibrosis. -Mucous blocks the ducts in the pancreas, that cause the digestive enzymes to not get into the intestines and then it can’t digest food. -Sweat glands are affected because you release salt when you sweat. **Inheritance: ** -Cystic Fibrosis is recessive, so the disease has to be passed down by mom and dad. - Only one trait inherited to the child, and then they would be a carrier of the disease but not necessarily have it. -Carriers don’t mean they have it, it just means that they are capable to pass it down to their children. - Autosomal disease. **Punnett Square : **

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**Symptoms: ** -Coughing, wheezing, pneumonia or bronchitis. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Weight loss, skin tastes like salt and greasy stools. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-The lungs become infected and clogged which make them not last as long as they would usually last. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Most only live to be in their 30’s. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Diagnosis: ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Doctors use a sweat test to see the amount of salt is in their sweat. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Their sweat is about 2 to 5 times the amount of salt in their sweat then a person without Cystic Fibrosis. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Doctors measure the protein in newborns called trypsinogen. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-The protein is higher than people without the disease. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Treatment: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-The treatments help by clearing mucous from the lungs. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Chest physical therapy. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">- Inhale antibiotics to help kill the bacteria. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Bronchodilators that keep the airways open. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Gene therapy which is when they insert the healthy gene into your body. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interesting Facts : ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-About 2,500 babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis in the U.S each year. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-More than 10 million Americans carry the Cystic Fibrosis gene but don’t know it. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Living with Cystic Fibrosis is jus a day worrying about when its your time or if you can actually breathe. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Cystic Fibrosis disease came from the Caucasian or Ashkenaazi Jewish ancestors and is not very common to come from other cultures because they didn't come from their ancestors. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0pt; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0pt; overflow: hidden;">media type="custom" key="9659252" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Support Groups: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">-Cystic Fibrosis Foundation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; line-height: 115%;">[]
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