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Cystic Fibrosis

Horizontales
Cystic Fibrosis affects the lung the most, but it also affects the digestive system including the ____, Liver, intestines, and kidneys
Educate the patient to adhere to the full course of treatment when taking
A person with CF produces abnormal or no CFTR protein which causes the body to make thick, sticky ___ instead of thin, watery kind.
People with CF ___ up lots of mucus
____ happens in people with CF. Mostly likely to affect the man than the women because of the thicker mucus
These widen the airway to allow more air to travel
Vibrates or pounds the chest to loosen and thin the mucus in the lungs
At home you frequently what to monitor _____ integrity
The sticky mucus caused by CF can cause the inability to ____ weight due to the blockage of normal absorption of key nutrients
____ can be used to deliver bronchodilator medications. May also be used instead of a metered dose inhaler
_____ history is a risk factor. Although CF occurs in all races, it is most common in white people of the northern European ancestry
Verticales
There are fewer than 200,000 cases per years which makes the disease vary rare
The ducts in the pancreas can become clogged with thick, sticky mucus. This mucus blocks the ___ from reading the food within the small intestine
Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a gene ___ that produces cystic fibrosis transmembrane condutance regulator protein. this is responsible for regulating the flow of salt and fluids in and out of cells
A hereditary disorder affecting the endocrine glands
A temporary solution that controls the symptoms is called
A chronic lung condition with abnormal widening and scarring of the airways
The first symptom of cystic fibrosis is the taste of ____ when a parent kisses their baby
CF is a disease caused by a _____ allele
Following a successful lung ____ some CF treatment will need to continue because the rest of the persons body will still have CF