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Facts about Cystic Fibrosis and Filing for Disability


Facts about the condition

1. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder, inherited through families.

2. Cystic fibrosis is life-threatening and shortens the life span of the affected individual.

3. The condition causes bodily secretions such as mucus, sweat, digestive juices, and saliva, primarily in the lungs and pancreas, to become thick and sticky. This causes clogging, blockages, and inflammation in the passageways of organs.

4. Signs and symptoms of cystic fibrosis vary by age and also severity of the condition. Onset can occur in newborns or children and young adults, and in these stages different signs of cystic fibrosis are evident.

5. Newborns may have difficult passing their first stools in the initial days after birth. They may also show limited or failed growth, bulky and greasy stools, and respiratory infections.

6. Children and young adults commonly have salty skin and limited growth, and may also have bowel blockages, foul-smelling, greasy looking stools and rectal prolapsed. Signs and symptoms also include thick sputum as well as frequent coughing and wheezing, and chest and sinus infections with pneumonia and bronchitis. Clubbing of the fingers and toes may also occur, but is also a sign of lung and heart conditions.

7. Tests to diagnose cystic fibrosis are primarily newborn screening and sweat tests. Newborn screening is a somewhat unreliable blood test which is followed by a sweat test if the screen has a positive result. Sweat tests measure the amounts of sodium and chloride in sweat secretion, since those with cystic fibrosis have abnormally high levels of sodium and chloride.

8. Since cystic fibrosis causes a multitude of problems throughout the body, regular scans and blood tests are conducted to monitor lung, liver, pancreas, and digestion functioning, including vitamin deficiencies, infections and onset of other conditions such as diabetes. X-rays and CT scans show damage and infection in the lungs.

9. The most series complications of cystic fibrosis are respiratory and nutritional. If not managed and treated properly these conditions, particularly in the lungs, can become fatal.

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