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-https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/birth-defects-and-health-conditions.aspx

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- Can damage lung tissue so badly that it no longer works leading to death
- Respiratory failure leading to death

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- There is no cure
- Medication
- Exercise
- Daily airway clearance therapy

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When is the birth defect detected? Before birth? After birth?

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When is the birth defect detected? Before birth? After birth?

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Cystic fibrosis screening is done in the first few days after birth

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There are two ways you can detect CF: a sweat test, which measures the amount of chloride in sweat, and a genetic test, which detects  mutations associated with the disease. New borns are frequently screen to detect CF early on

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CF is passed from parents to children through gene

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Trouble breathing

Frequent lung infections (recurrent pneumonia or bronchitis)

Sinus infections

Persistent cough

Slow growth

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- CF occurring in one of every 3,200 births
- More than 30,000 people are living with cystic fibrosis
- 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year

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A genetic disorder that causes problems with breathing and digestion. CF affects your body by blocking airways which leads to lung damage; trapping germs and makes infections more likely