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What Do You Know About Cystic Fibrosis?

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease. Nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. have CF. Most of them are descendants of people from northern Europe. Find out more about CF by taking this quiz.

1. CF mainly affects which body system?
2. Which symptom in a baby or young child might mean CF?
3. What happens to the mucus glands in a child with CF?
4. How is the digestive system affected by extra mucus in CF?
5. How is CF diagnosed?
6. Currently, no effective medicine is available to cure CF. But healthcare providers can prescribe medicines that help slow the progression of the disease. Which of these types of medicine can do this?
7. A defect in a gene that makes the protein cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator is the cause of CF. According to recent research, this problem causes an imbalance of which key substance in the body?
8. CF is an inherited disease. How is CF passed down through families?
Online Medical Reviewer: Fraser, Marianne, MSN, RN
Online Medical Reviewer: Gotwals, Jessica, RN, BSN, MPH
Online Medical Reviewer: Shriber, Andrew D., MD
Date Last Reviewed: 1/1/2023
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