10 Facts About Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a rare genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine.

Newborns and infants with cystic fibrosis tend to have frequent, large, greasy stools and are underweight for their age.

Primary cause of morbidity and death in people with cystic fibrosis is progressive lung disease, which eventually leads to respiratory failure.

Lungs of individuals with cystic fibrosis are colonized and infected by bacteria from an early age.

Newborns with positive tests or those who are otherwise suspected of having cystic fibrosis based on symptoms or family history, then undergo a sweat test.

Recent advances in the treatment of cystic fibrosis have meant that individuals with cystic fibrosis can live a fuller life less encumbered by their condition.

Prognosis for cystic fibrosis has improved due to earlier diagnosis through screening and better treatment and access to health care.

Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive disease among people of European heritage.

Cystic fibrosis's was the first to describe the characteristic cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and to correlate it with the lung and intestinal disease prominent in CF.

Cystic fibrosis's first hypothesized that CF was a recessive disease and first used pancreatic enzyme replacement to treat affected children.