Cystic+Fibrosis

**What is Cystic Fibrosis?**
====Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects your lungs and digestive system. Cystic fibrosis occurs when you have two recessive alleles for Cysitic Fibrosis. This can cause mucus that can clog lungs and stop your body from breaking down food. Some symptoms for Cystic Fibrosis are salty skin, coughing, lung infections, shortness of breath, poor growth, and weight gain. Cystic Fibrosis can affect my bug by causing it to have problems with growth and breathing. My bug will have problems getting the nutrients it needs. Cystic Fibrosis increases the risk of diabetes because the fats and sugars aren't being absorbed properly. My bug could get diabetes too.====

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====Some treatments are having a CF diet, taking Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements, and taking vitamins and minerals. A CF diet is having a high calorie and high fat diet. Having a CF diet would help my bug because then my bug would be getting the correct amount of calories or my bug won't grow. Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements will help my bug too. Since the mucus made by Cystic Fibrosis stops your body from breaking down food, Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements will help you digest your food. Taking vitamins and minerals is also important. People having Cystic Fibrosis can't absorb all the vitamins and minerals they need. Taking vitamins and minerals can help. Another thing people and bugs should be careful is not smoking. If you don't smoke, thats great, but second hand smoke is bad too. Since your lungs are sometimes clogged, the last thing you want to do is hurt your lungs by inhaling smoke. Inhaled drugs can easily reach airways so most treatments are inhaled. My bug should have a CF diet, take Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements, take vitamins and minerals, and stay away from places with smoke.====

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====Cystic Fibrosis is and inherited disease that is not contagious. A person has Cystic Fibrosis if they have two recessive CFTR genes from each parent. People with the genotype gg will have Cystic Fibrosis. People that have the genotype Gg will be a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis because they carry one recessive allele. Carriers will not have Cystic Fibrosis because in order to have that disease you must have two recessive alleles. People with the genotype GG will not be a carrier or have Cystic Fibrosis.====

Works Cited “About Cystic Fibrosis.” //Cystic Fibrosis Foundation //. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. . “Staying Healthy.” //Cystic Fibrosis Foundation //. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. . “What is the cause of Cystic Fibrosis?” //Cystic Fibrosis Symptom //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2011. .