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Cystic Fibrosis

Published on Sep 30, 2020

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Cystic Fibrosis

Maloree Conway
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Other names for CF

  • cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
  • fibrocystic disease
  • mucoviscidosis
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what is cystic fibrosis?

cystic fibrosis is a disease where the cells in the lungs which mass produce mucus
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symptoms

  • mucus in the lungs
  • bulky stools
  • delayed development
  • fatigue
  • deformity of nails
  • salty sweat
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history

  • it was discovered in 1938
  • It was also named in 1938
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what does it affect

  • the lungs
  • it makes it to where you can't process food correctly
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how is it treated?

  • there is no treatment to get it away but they vary on how to ease symptoms and such

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