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Mind Map by bethanyanncook27, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by bethanyanncook27
about 10 years ago
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cystic fibrosis
- cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease
- passed down in your genes from your parents
- passed down in your genes from your parents
- cystic fibrosis mainly effects the lungs and pancreas
- cystic fibrosis produces very thick mucus
- means you have trouble breathing as it blocks the lungs
- trouble digesting food
- means you have trouble breathing as it blocks the lungs
- two recessive alleles to have the symptoms
- two dominant alleles means you don't have the disease at all
- life expectancy is much lower than normal
- 40-50 years
- 40-50 years
- healthy people have two working copies of the CFTR gene (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductor
- effects the bodies growth
- becomes breathless
- at least 97% of men with cystic fibrosis are infertile
- can he helped by having massage therapy to help get the mucus up from the lungs
- By Bethany Cook
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