Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. It is caused by a defective gene that results in abnormally thick mucus. Symptoms often seen in childhood include delayed growth, failure to gain weight, salty-tasting skin, and weight loss. While most cases were diagnosed by age 10 in the 1950s, treatments developed by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation have helped people with cystic fibrosis now live into their 30s and 40s.

2. CYSTIC FIBROSIS

3. CYSTIC FIBROSIS
By Corey Gibson

5. What is Cystic Fibrosis

6. What is Cystic Fibrosis
a disease passed down through family that causes
thick sticky mucus to build up in places like the
digestive system and the lungs.

8. What causes it

9. What causes it
Caused by defective gene that produces
abnormally thick mucus.
Causes lung infection and some cases life
threatening.

12. When diagnosed/Symptoms

13. When diagnosed/Symptoms
Most are diagnosed at 2 but few make it to 10
before its caught.
Symptoms are delayed growth, failure to gain
weight during childhood, salty tasting skin, and
weight loss.

15. Are There Tests

16. Are There Tests
YES
You can have it checked in many many ways.
Chest x-ray
Lung function test
There are many more.

18. Did You Know??

19. Did You Know??
70,000 people are diagnoses per year....

21. How Bad is This Disease

22. How Bad is This Disease
In the 50’s kids with Cf didn’t live to see
elementary school. Now people with Cf live to see
their 30’s and 40’s.

24. Since 1955 the CFF (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)
have worked to find a cure. They have “Been the
driving force to find a cure” (CFF, 2010)
They are as of now still trying to find a cure.
However with the help of the researchers and
donors they think they are close.

25. Help for a Cure
Since 1955 the CFF (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)
have worked to find a cure. They have “Been the
driving force to find a cure” (CFF, 2010)
They are as of now still trying to find a cure.
However with the help of the researchers and
donors they think they are close.

27. Works Cited

28. Works Cited
Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors." Cystic Fibrosis. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000.
Web. 27 Mar. 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001167/>.
"About CF: Causes, Signs & Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis | CF Foundation." Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. <http://
www.cff.org/AboutCF/>.
Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Definition." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 02 Mar. 2010. Web. 27 Mar.
2012. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cystic-fibrosis/DS00287>.

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