CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Disease Presentation 1

WHAT IS CYSTIC
FIBROSIS?

Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening disease.

There is no cure.

Different types of cystic fibrosis

Pancreas, lungs, other organs

Hereditary

IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS
SERIOUS?

Yes

Approximately 70,000 people in the world have

CF.

Caucasian people are most affected.

Average age of survival is less than 40 years

old.

WHAT CAUSES CF?

All types of CF are

caused by a
mutated protein.

The name of the

protein is CFTR.

WHAT IS CFTR?

DNA

Genes

Proteins

Endothelial
cells

The flow of
ions

HOW IS CF TREATED?

QUESTIONS?

WORKS CITED

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-t
opics/topics/cf

https://www.cff.org/What-is-CF/About-Cys
tic-Fibrosis/