Cystic Fibrosis is a common hereditary disease that affects the entire body of its patient causing a progressive disability which usually ends with patient’s early death.
Cystic Fibrosis, also known as CF, is a genetically transmitted disease. Each parent has two dissimilar types of gene. The first type is called normal gene and the second one is termed as mutated gene. A person becomes a patient of CF prior his birth if he receives both the mutated genes from his parents.
The process of gene transmission is medically termed as CFTR which means Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance. If a person receives only one mutated gene and one normal gene then he will be a carrier of CF in his children, but will not suffer from it.
The list of most common symptoms of cystic fibrosis includes continuous diarrhea, difficulty breathing, poor growth and sinusitis. Individuals suffering from CF can only be diagnosed by a sweat test in early childhood or by genetic testing before birth because it has been proved that even the best possible medication can not cure a patient of cystic fibrosis over 15 years of age.
So, if you have been battling with a few or with all above stated symptoms of cystic fibrosis from time to time then you should better be start worrying about yourself as life expectancy in the case of CF is very low.
Many CF patients have reportedly died in 20s or 30s of their lives due to lung failure. Ultimately lung transplantation, only if a donor is available, is often deemed as essential when CF degenerates.
Cystic Fibrosis Life Expectancy
