Cystic Fibrosis P1
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- Created on: 06-12-22 14:14
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- Cystic Fibrosis
- Symptoms
- Cystic fibrosis affects cells that make mucus, sweat, and digestive fluids.
- These fluids are thick in cystic fibrosis patients and cause the blockage of ducts throughout the body
- The lungs and the digestive system are the areas that are mainly affected
- Symptoms may appear soon after birth or in early childhood
- In rare cases they are not manifested until adulthood
- These fluids are thick in cystic fibrosis patients and cause the blockage of ducts throughout the body
- Persistent cough with phlegm
- Postnatal drip
- Salty tasting skin
- Wheezing
- Sinusitis
- Inability to exercise
- Male infertility
- Poor growth and low body weight despite a good appetite
- Malnutrition
- Blockage in the intestinal especially in newborns
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Cystic fibrosis affects cells that make mucus, sweat, and digestive fluids.
- Identified needs
- Respiratory aid - breathing exercises and physiotherapy to stay as fit and healthy as possible
- Nutritional aid - people with cystic fibrosis need twice the number of calories
- Extra nutrition and calories means that people with cystic fibrosis do not become underweight and prevents malnutrition
- Vaccinations - to prevent avoid people with cystic fibrosis getting severely ill will illnesses that could have been lessened by vaccinations
- Some illnesses cold be life threatening
- Stress management
- Anxiety and depression are common among patients and their carers
- Managing stress includes:
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Exercise
- Hobbies
- Managing stress includes:
- Anxiety and depression are common among patients and their carers
- Lung transplant
- If lung failure is occurring then a lung transplant may be given
- Does not guarantee a long life - about 10 years
- If lung failure is occurring then a lung transplant may be given
- Adjustments needed
- The symptoms can be so varied that it is hard to describe what may be useful to a group of individuals
- Creating schedules and sticking to them such as treatment times and other therapies
- Alowing for service users to take a break - tiredness means that they are more susceptible to catch infections
- Working from hone during cold and flue seasons should be allowed
- Symptoms
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