Living With Cystic Fibrosis Plr Ebook

Table Of Contents

What is Cystic Fibrosis?    2
Signs and Symptoms of a CF Disorder    5
Who Gets Cystic Fibrosis?    9
Are there any Cures for Cystic Fibrosis?    12
How Cystic Fibrosis Affects your Life    16
How CF Research has Improved Lives    19
How Genetic Testing Affects Cystic Fibrosis    22
Support for Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers and Their Family    26
Steps to Improve the Health of a CF Sufferer    30
Therapies to Help Those with CF    34
Natural or Holistic Care for Cystic Fibrosis    37
What is the Life Expectancy of a CF Sufferer?    42
How to Handle the Stress of a CF Diagnosis    45
What Research is Being Done for Cystic Fibrosis?    50
Planning Children – Awareness of the Risk    53

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What is Cystic Fibrosis?

By definition, Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease.  This means quite simply the disease of Cystic Fibrosis can be traced back to the familial structure.  Naturally, this is a very simple definition and when reviewing the intricacies of the disease, matters become more complex.

The disease, initially, was called Cystic Fibrosis of the Pancreas.  This was incorrect and the improper name is more than likely due to the fact that change within the Pancreas is a result, or symptom of the disease; however, in the truest sense Cystic Fibrosis is categorized as a general disease.  Certainly, within the disease there are issues relative to Pancreatic enzymes; however, this does not make it a disease of the Pancreas per se.

To simplify the explanation, the disease of Cystic Fibrosis usually makes its first appearance during the sufferer’s childhood.  If you are to characterize the disorder of Cystic Fibrosis it is correct to state it is a chronic lung disease.  Additionally, the sufferer is deficient in pancreatic enzymes and there is a high concentration of salt within this individual’s sweat or perspiration.  If you review older information concerning the disease, many times, people knew that a child who had unusually salty sweat was not going to live very long.  At one time, if a child was diagnosed with the disorder, he or she at best could expect to live to be five years old.  Fortunately, now, this is not the case:  With the advent of research into the disease, as well as proper managed care of the patient, life expectancies have substantially improved.  A person who has inherited the disease is now expected to live to the age of forty.  There are some individuals who have even surpassed the forty year mark.