Cystic fibrosis
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- Created on: 11-04-14 12:41
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- Cystic fibrosis
- Effects
- Exhaustion
- Stress
- Depression
- Uncertainty
- Lack of controll
- Fed up
- Symptoms
- Wheezing
- Thick mucus
- Cause
- CFTR Gene
- One-in-four chance that the child will not inherit either of the faulty genes (the child will not have cystic fibrosis and will not be a carrier of the condition)
- One-in-two chance that the child will inherit one copy of the faulty gene from either their father or mother (the child will not have cystic fibrosis but will be a carrier of the condition)
- One-in-four chance that the child will inherit both copies of the faulty gene (the child will have cystic fibrosis)
- Treatment
- Medication
- Bronchodilators
- Antibiotics
- Used to fight infections
- Pill, Inhayled via nebuliser devise, IV, Capsules, Liquids
- Corticosteroids
- Reduce swelling of airways
- Pulmozyme
- Vaccinations and flu jabs
- Lung Transplants
- Physiotherapy
- Traditionally, physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis focused mainly on airway clearance (clearing mucus from the lungs).
- Daily exercise, inhalation therapy, posture awareness and, for some, the management of urinary incontinence.
- Medication
- Diagnosis
- Newborn Screening
- A heal ***** is done when a baby is first born, the blood is collected on a card and analysed in a lab for CF
- Antenatal Testing
- At 10 weeks of pregnancy, chronic villius sampling (where a needle passes into the womb) is used.
- Sweat Testing
- People with CF will have a higher level of salt in their sweat than others
- It is usually done by applying a very weak and painless electric current to a small area of skin to which a harmless chemical has been applied.
- This causes that area of skin to sweat. A sample of the sweat is then collected and analysed. If the salt content in the sweat is abnormally high, this confirms cystic fibrosis.
- Genetic testing
- Carrier testing
- Tests later in life
- Spirometry
- CHest X-ray
- CT Scan
- Newborn Screening
- Effects
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