Cystic Fibrosis
By Sylvia, Anahita, Kate & Sarah
Causes
- Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition caused by a faulty gene (known as the CFTR gene).
- The CFTR gene normally creates a protein that moves salt and water out of a cell.
- If the CFTR gene is defective, it results in a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the body's tubes and passageways.
Causes
- Genes come in pairs. You inherit one set of genes from your mother and one set from your father.
- To develop cystic fibrosis you would have to inherit the faulty gene from both your mother and your father.
How the CFTR mutation is passed through families
- In the UK, it is thought that one person in every 25 carries the faulty gene for cystic fibrosis
Symptoms
Symptoms usually start in early childhood and include:
- Wheezing, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties
- Recurring chest and lung infections
- Poor weight gain
- Other symptoms include having salty sweat, being infertile and also developing particular forms of diabetes and arthritis.
Treatments
- There is no cure for cystic fibrosis.
- The aim of treatment is to ease the symptoms and make the condition easier to live with.
- It can also prevent or reduce long-term damage caused by infections and other complications.
The End
Cystic Fibrosis Presentation
By wendyfranklin
