Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a serious genetic disease, can cause repeated infections of the lungs and intestines to absorb nutrients. In about one out of every 2000 children there is a will of people with cystic fibrosis.
　
Is caused by genetic defect of cystic fibrosis. It causes mucus secretion, and the mucus does not freedoms out of the breathing tube, which repeatedly caused infection. In addition it can also cause a lack of pancreatic enzyme secretion, thereby causing diarrhea.
　
Symptoms of this disease include: 1, not in children with normal growth and weight do not meet normal standards. 2, repeated coughing. 3, chronic diarrhea, usually associated with light, oily, foul droppings.
　
If a child is found any of the above symptoms occur, parents should immediately take the child to the hospital. Doctor sent the laboratories for analysis of child\'s sweat, sweat of cystic fibrosis in patients with high salt content than normal. In addition, may also have to accept children with genetic testing, once the test results confirmed he suffers from cystic fibrosis, the doctor will issue taking pancreatic enzymes in children with a meal, to facilitate normal digestion of food. Doctors also will eat high calorie and high protein diet, and will also let children take vitamin supplements. Doctors may also be made out of antibiotics, and recommended that the regular physical therapy for the treatment of chest infection and help prevent long-term lung disease.
　
After physical therapist Guide, parents should be as soon as possible to General chest physical therapy for patients, once any disease symptoms in children with, to immediately take him to hospital, it is very important. And for the children to absorb enough nutrients for normal development, parents should be encouraged him to eat high calorie snack.
　
At present there is no effective treatment of cystic fibrosis, but parents to early detection, and adopt new therapies, also greatly improved the situation of children with after treatment, most children are now grown up, may accept only a minority of children with severe heart and lung transplantation, this will improve their quality of life and increase its life.
　
Once gave birth to children with parents of cystic fibrosis, or itself with abnormal genes of the parents, should undergo a genetic consultation. Pregnant women should do antenatal, fetal cystic fibrosis occurs if allergic, should perhaps consider terminating the pregnancy.