cystic fibrosis

cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease
1. passed down in your genes from your parents
cystic fibrosis mainly effects the lungs and pancreas
cystic fibrosis produces very thick mucus
1. means you have trouble breathing as it blocks the lungs
2. trouble digesting food
two recessive alleles to have the symptoms
two dominant alleles means you don't have the disease at all
life expectancy is much lower than normal
1. 40-50 years
healthy people have two working copies of the CFTR gene (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductor
effects the bodies growth
becomes breathless
at least 97% of men with cystic fibrosis are infertile
can he helped by having massage therapy to help get the mucus up from the lungs
By Bethany Cook

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	Created by bethanyanncook27 over 9 years ago