1. Cystic Fibrosis
By: Alya Elba

2. What is it?
It is an inherited disease and it affects the secretory glands
Secretory glands include glands that make sweat and mucus
Cystic Fibrosis mainly affects the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, sinuses, and sex organs

3. Other Names for Cystic Fibrosis:
Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
Mucoviscidosis
Mucoviscidosis of the pancreas
Pancreas fibrocystic disease
Pancreatic cystic fibrosis

4. What causes Cystic Fibrosis?
It happens when an imperfection occurs in the CFTR gene
The CFTR gene is responsible for the making of a protein that controls where and when salt and water comes in and out of your body’s cells
When you have cystic fibrosis, that protein doesn’t work well

5. More than a thousand known defects can affect the CFTR gene.
FUN
FACTS
More than a thousand known defects can affect the CFTR gene.
Cystic Fibrosis is tested by a sweat test because, if you have cystic fibrosis, your sweat becomes salty
The most common mutation, that is found in 70% of cystic fibrosis patients, is a three-base deletion in the DNA sequence, causing an absence of a single amino acid in the protein product.

6. What does cystic fibrosis do to you?
Your mucus should be slippery and watery and CF makes your mucus thick and sticky
The bad mucus ends up building up in your lungs and blocks your airways
It also causes your sweat to become very salty so when you sweat, you lose large amounts of salts causing an imbalance of minerals in your blood and the imbalance then causes many health problems

7. Another Thing Cystic Fibrosis Does to You:
It also causing a deformity in the fingernails: nail clubbing

9. Cures/ Treatment
You take antibiotics that treat and prevent lung infections
You are given drugs that help thin your mucus to help you cough up the mucus, which improves lung function
You also take bronchodilators which help keep your airways open by relaxing the muscles around your bronchial tubes (which are found in your lungs and they let air in and out of your lungs),so you can breathe.
You are also given oral pancreatic enzymes to help your digestive tract absorb nutrients

10. Tucker Gordon of Henrico County: born with cystic fibrosis, recently got a lung transplant at Duke University
The #HelpTuckerBreathe social media campaign raised nearly $40,000 around the world in six days
Tucker needed a double-lung transplant to keep living. It was donated by the inventor of #HelpTuckerBreathe, a 22-year-old Marye-Anne Hill, whose sister, Chanel, passed away from cystic fibrosis

12. Bibliography for Cystic Fibrosis:
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> "Cystic Fibrosis Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - What Are Other Names for Cystic Fibrosis? - MedicineNet." MedicineNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 June 2015.
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----> "#HelpTuckerBreathe Raises Tens of Thousands for Henrico Patient."WTVRcom. N.p., 08 May Web. 04 June 2015.
> "Cystic Fibrosis." Treatments and Drugs. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 June 2015.
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