Cystic Fibrosis by https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po en-us 2021-12-22 14:07:50 UTC 2026-01-27 18:28:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Cause colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960608286 CF is passed from parents to children through gene]]> 2021-12-22 14:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960608286 Statistics colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960611408  - 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]]> 2021-12-22 14:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960611408 Symptoms colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960620173
  • Trouble breathing
  • Frequent lung infections (recurrent pneumonia or bronchitis)
  • Sinus infections
  • Persistent cough
  • Slow growth


    • ]]>     2021-12-22 14:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960620173     Define colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960624635 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]]> 2021-12-22 14:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960624635 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960626773 2021-12-22 14:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960626773 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960629796 2021-12-22 14:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960629796 How is it detected? colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960635278 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]]> 2021-12-22 14:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960635278 When is the birth defect detected? Before birth? After birth? colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960668934 Cystic fibrosis screening is done in the first few days after birth]]> 2021-12-22 14:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960668934 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960673297 2021-12-22 15:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960673297 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960674799 2021-12-22 15:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960674799 Treatment/Cure colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960682091 - There is no cure
    - Medication 
    - Exercise
    - Daily airway clearance therapy]]>     2021-12-22 15:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960682091     colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960682583 2021-12-22 15:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960682583 Long term effects colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960687476 - Can damage lung tissue so badly that it no longer works leading to death
    - Respiratory failure leading to death ]]>     2021-12-22 15:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960687476     colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960692450 2021-12-22 15:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960692450 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960697957 2021-12-22 15:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960697957 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960704432 2021-12-22 15:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1960704432 colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1961501020 2021-12-23 03:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1961501020 Sources colwellkailin https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1961506013 - https://link.gale.com/apps/SCIC?u=s1392 
    -https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/birth-defects-and-health-conditions.aspx]]>     2021-12-23 03:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/colwellkailin/4dsenii9gegx22po/wish/1961506013