An Overview of Cystic Fibrosis
May 27, 2009 by
Cystic fibrosis affects over 30,000 children and adults in the United States. Many people are carriers and may not know it. The disease affects the mucus producing glands of the body. Cystic fibrosis also affects the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive organs as well as the sweat glands in the body. The normal, thin, liquid lining the passageways to the digestive and respiratory areas of the body becomes blocked when that normal lining turns thick and begins to block the passageways to these parts of the body.
Cystic fibrosis is the most common hereditary disease in Caucasians in the United States. Nearly ten million Caucasians in America are carriers of the mutant gene that causes the disease and are unaware of that fact. Caucasians have a higher risk of getting cystic fibrosis although the disease has been detected in all ethnic groups. Breaking the statistics down so we can understand them is this; one in 31 Americans are carriers of the disease and have no symptoms to identify them as carrying the defective gene.
It is devastating to a parent when their child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. They may feel guilt because this disease is an inherited medical condition. A parent may not know they are a CF gene carrier. If both parents are carriers there is a 25 percent chance one of their children will be born with cystic fibrosis. There is a 50 percent chance one or more of their children will be carriers, and a 25 percent chance the child will not be diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
Note: People should consult a doctor before taking any medical advice.
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Tay-Sachs is a rare disease but the gene is not. The only way to continue to low incidence of the disease is through vigilance and constant awareness of the risks.
The gene carrier rates are found on this page:
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I am asked the same question all the time, who is your primary care doc. (I have cystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, so I see a lot of docs.) I used to list my CF doc as primary, because I want him to have a record of everything. He still gets a copy, but the reason for a primary care doc, I was told, is because the specialists don't admit patients, as a rule. A primary care physician has to be the one that admits and ultimately okays the patients discharge from the hospital. At least with the hospital system my insurance company uses. All I can say is, I hope my primary care doc will admit me if I need it. I have only seen her once and that was about 2 years ago.
As for a diabetes center wanting to know if you are diabetic, well, duh, if you were't diabetic and were just looking for an endocrinologist, you wouldn't be calling a diabetes center. She could have given the explanation she finally gave as to needing a primary care doc to speak with if other issues arise. That would make more sense. I think some places don't train their staff very well.
As far as hating to be you because of having to find a dentist and gynecologist, I know what you mean. I hate going to new docs and only do so under extreme duress. I switched gyn's recently only to be referred to another gyn for surgery. That's adding insult to injury in my book! Good luck to you.
1. IT's D. Because the father has to carry the recessive allele in order for the daughter to recieve the trait.
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1. Both parents are Heterozygous for the disease (do not have it); child inherited their recessive alleles.
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