Disease+and+Characteristics

=﻿Disease and Characteristics =
 * Cystic fibrosis is a chronic hereditary disease in which certain glands in the body secrete large amounts of abnormally thick mucas


 * Nickname: mucoviscidosis


 * Accumulation of mucas blocks ducts of glands, eventually blocks the organs in which ducts empty


 * The respiratory and digestive system are affected most by thickening mucas


 * Thick mucas clogs passageways to lungs, blocks easy flow of digestive acids and enzymes from the pancreas and liver


 * Without the needed fluids in the intestines people cant break dont food into substances the body needs.


 * Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation on chromosome 7.


 * The Cystic Fibrosis gene causes production of protein lacking amino acids which hinders mucas from obtaining water and salt.