2024年12月7日 · Cystic fibrosis is a disorder that damages your lungs, digestive tract and other organs. It's an inherited disease caused by a defective gene that can be passed from …

2024年5月1日 · Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that causes sticky, thick mucus to build up in your organs, blocking and damaging them. Many people think of CF as a lung disease …

2023年10月19日 · Cystic Fibrosis causes the mucus of your lungs to be abnormally thick, which in turn causes many other symptoms. Let's look deeper.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that causes thickened mucus to form in the lungs, pancreas and other organs. In the lungs, this mucus blocks the airways, creating lung damage …

Cystic fibrosis is caused by abnormalities in a protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator). When working properly, the CFTR protein moves to the surface of …

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) are susceptible to a range of infections and reduced lung function, which can have a huge impact on health and wellbeing. Cystic fibrosis is often thought of as a …

6 天之前 · Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive genetic disease that adversely affects a person's lungs, pancreas and other vital organs, says Dr. Michael Boyle, president and CEO of the …

Eventually, every person with CF will get lung infections. Repeated lung infections eventually lead to lung damage. The mutated CFTR gene that causes cystic fibrosis means that a thick, sticky …

Cystic fibrosis is characterized by recurrent pulmonary problems like shortness of breath, increased cough and sputum production, fatigue and occasionally hemoptysis, or coughing up …

2024年10月30日 · What Are the Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis? Symptoms of lung disease can start in infancy, especially following upper respiratory viral infections. People with CF may …