Cystic Fibrosis

Question 1

List symptoms (respiratory)

Answer 1

Respiratory symptoms: A persistent cough that produces thick mucus, wheezing breathlessness, exercise intolerant, repeated long infections, inflamed nasal passages

Question 2

List symptoms ( digestive)

Answer 2

Foul smelling greasy stools, poor weight gain and growth, intestinal blockage

Question 3

Inheritance

Answer 3

A defect in a gene changes a protein that regulates the movement of salt in the cells. Children need to inherit a copy of the gene from each parent.

Question 4

Risk factors

Answer 4

Family history- if someone in the family carries the gene

Race- most common in white people of Northern European ancestry