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Cystic Fibrosis is a hereditary, progressive genetic disease. It is a mutation of the CFTR gene that must be inherited by both parents to have an effect. The CFTR gene codes for producing a protein that controls the flow of salt and water around the organs.  When defective, this will cause sticky and glue like mucus to build up around the organs. Some of the symptoms people with Cystic Fibrosis experience are cough, repeated lung infections, inability to gain weight, wheezing or trouble breathing, and trouble with bowel movements. CF is life-threatening, and people with CF tend to have a shorter life expectancy than most.  There is no cure for CF, but treatments to help ease symptoms include medications, airway clearance techniques and physical therapy. Cystic Fibrosis can cause certain and very life threatening infections and complications that can result in surgical procedures like sinus surgery, bowel surgery, feeding tubes, oxygen therapy and lung transplants. 

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Cystic Fibrosis is a hereditary, progressive genetic disease. It is a mutation of the CFTR gene that must be inherited by both parents to have an effect. The CFTR gene codes for producing a protein that controls the flow of salt and water around the organs.  When defective, this will cause sticky and glue like mucus to build up around the organs. Some of the symptoms people with Cystic Fibrosis experience are cough, repeated lung infections, inability to gain weight, wheezing or trouble breathing, and trouble with bowel movements. CF is life-threatening, and people with CF tend to have a shorter life expectancy than most.  There is no cure for CF, but treatments to help ease symptoms include medications, airway clearance techniques and physical therapy. Cystic Fibrosis can cause certain and very life threatening infections and complications that can result in surgical procedures like sinus surgery, bowel surgery, feeding tubes, oxygen therapy and lung transplants. 

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Living With Cystic Fibrosis - Tara's Story 

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Tara's Story - Living With Cystic Fibrosis

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“For both children and adults with CF, calorie needs may be 10 percent to 100 percent higher than those of a similar person without CF. To help get enough calories, people with CF may need to eat smaller more frequent meals and snacks or focus on foods that add a lot of calories in small amounts, such as whole-fat dairy products and healthy sources of fat.”

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Scientists find new approach that shows promise for treating cystic fibrosis

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Scientists find new approach that shows promise for treating cystic fibrosis

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“Researchers say a widely-used antifungal drug may hold promise for treating people with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disorder that causes serious damage to the lungs. In studies using human cells and animals models, the researchers found that the medication, called amphotericin, helps lung cells function in a way that could make it easier for patients to fight chronic bacterial lung infections that are a hallmark of the disease. The findings from the study, which was supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, will appear in the journal Nature.”

“While some treatments are currently available, they are limited because different people have different types of mutated proteins and because 10 percent of people with cystic fibrosis make no protein at all. But amphotericin, Burke said, has the potential to work regardless of the kind of mutation, and even when the protein is missing."