Cystic fibrosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年12月7日 · Cystic fibrosis is a disorder that damages your lungs, digestive tract and other organs. It's an inherited disease caused by a defective gene that can be passed from generation to generation. Cystic fibrosis affects the cells that produce mucus, sweat and digestive juices.
Cystic Fibrosis Lungs: Effects, Treatments, and More - Healthline
2023年10月19日 · Cystic Fibrosis causes the mucus of your lungs to be abnormally thick, which in turn causes many other symptoms. Let's look deeper.
Cystic Fibrosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that causes sticky, thick mucus to build up in your organs, blocking and damaging them. Many people think of CF as a lung disease because it affects your lungs and airways, which can make it hard to breathe and cause frequent infections.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) - American Lung Association
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that causes thickened mucus to form in the lungs, pancreas and other organs. In the lungs, this mucus blocks the airways, creating lung damage and making it hard to breathe.
About Cystic Fibrosis
Learn about cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas, and other organs, and how to treat and live with this chronic disease.
Cystic Fibrosis - What Is Cystic Fibrosis? - NHLBI, NIH
2024年11月15日 · Some people who have cystic fibrosis have few or no symptoms, while others experience severe symptoms or life-threatening complications. The most serious and common complications of cystic fibrosis are problems with the lungs, …
Cystic Fibrosis - Johns Hopkins Medicine
With CF, there is an abnormal electrolyte transport system. The normal thin secretions in the lungs become very thick and hard to move. These thick secretions raise the risk of frequent respiratory infections. Respiratory infections that keep coming back lead to more damage in the lungs. Over time, this causes permanent loss of lung function.
Cystic fibrosis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2024年12月7日 · Cystic fibrosis does not recur in transplanted lungs. But other complications linked with CF, such as sinus infections, diabetes, pancreas conditions and osteoporosis, can still happen after a lung transplant.
Effects of CF - Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center
In CF, faulty transport of electrolytes across airway tissues leads to abnormal mucus production along the respiratory tract. This mucus is easily dehydrated and difficult to clear. Eventually, the mucus obstructs the airway, impairing the alveoli, and prevents foreign particles from being cleared, resulting in chronic lung infections.
Cystic fibrosis - NHS
People with cystic fibrosis may need to take different medicines to treat and prevent lung problems. Physical activity and the use of airway clearance techniques may also be recommended to help clear mucus from the lungs. Find out …