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What actually goes wrong with the body and what are the symptoms when you have cystic fibrosis?
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∙ 15y ago
Cystic Fibrosis happens as the result of a genetic mutation during conception. It is not something that you can develop later in life or that you can catch from another person. Everyone's lungs has some mucus inside them to keep them moist and from rubbing on each other. In CF, that mucus is really thick, making it harder for the person to breathe, and easier for them to get infections. As they get older, the problem tends to progress as the lungs get weaker due to repeated infections, and it gets hard to expel all of the excess mucus. Most people end dying by their mid-20's. Also, most of them are diagnosed with "failure to thrive" as an infant/child, meaning that they aren't gaining height and/or weight at the normal rate for their age and gender.
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What resaerch is being done on cystic fibrosis?
Unfortunately, cystic fibrosis cannot be cured. There is medication getting better all the time but now, the government in the UK have not funded in any cure. This means that in the UK, we may only find a cure if a devoted medical professional actually spent his own time to find the cure
What kind of molecules produce the symptoms of cystic fibrosis?
cystic fibrosis is a genetic code, so its not really molecules that cause it, however its more of a DNA mutation that's happened when your born. this means that your mucus cells don't function properly and when they are created, they are made with the wrong gene coding and so will produce more mucus than they're supposed to which is what forms in the lungs. i think that's right and i hope it helps :)
Does hair grow abnormally in a cystic fibrosis patient?
Not that I know of! My hair is dark red (now dyed blonde) and straight. I don't see anything wrong with that!
What do you mean by symptoms?
symptoms of disease are the things we feel as being 'wrong'.
What is wrong with the protein in the membrane with someone who has Cystic fibrosis?
A gene (CFTR) makes a protein that controls the movement of salt and water in and out of your body's cells. In people who have CF, the gene makes a protein that doesn't work well. This causes thick, sticky mucus and very salty sweat.CFTR gene provides the information needed to transport sodium and chloride ions across the cell membrane. This in turn controls the flow of water in mucus, sweat, tears, saliva, and digestive enzymes.Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder (autosomal recessive) caused by mutation in the gene that codes for the protein (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) CFTR. This protein regulates the making of sweat, digestive fluids, and mucus. In absence of this protein there will be impairment or abnormal transport of ions (Na or Cl) across the epithelium.
You are three months pregnant and you are not feeling any movements or symptoms is there something wrong with the baby?
You must speak to your doctor about your symptoms (or lack of symptoms).
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Should genetic screening be done if there are problems during the pregnancy?
Some people are against it while others are for it. Genetic screening can give a couple a choice to terminate pregnancy that has a fetus with genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis. If a child would be brought up with cystic fibrosis, the parents would have to constantly pay for treatment and support their child for his/her entire life. People with cystic fibrosis don't live very long so in this case genetic screening would be a good thing to carry out in order to prevent a life of suffer. However, ethical issues arise if you terminate pregnancy. It isn't right to destroy potential life. Besides that we have false negatives or false positives. The results carried out by genetic screening might be wrong. The tests might say the fetus does have the genetic disease while actually it might not carry it. This could cause the couple to terminate pregnancy even though the fetus was healthy. This would be a false positive. The tests might say that the child doesn't have a genetic disease. The couple would expect a healthy baby however would thenreceive one with a disorder. This would be called a false negative.Also, genetic screening might increase the risk of spontaneous abortion.Amniocentesis (a method of genetic screening) increases chances by around 1%. The tests would be carried out late in pregnancy, so the termination of results would be pretty traumatic for the couple.
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Depending on your symptoms you should consult your physician.
