Parent Category: Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis affects over 9,000 people in the UK.
Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis which is around 1 in 25 of the population.
Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a single faulty gene that controls the movement of salt in the body.
Source: http://www.cftrust.org.uk/aboutcf/whatiscf/
Cystic fibrosis is an unpleasant disease which mainly affects the lungs and pancreas. It is an inherited disease. Treatments include antibiotics, physiotherapy, mucus thinning drugs, pancreatic enzyme replacements and other therapies.
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