Background Cystic fibrosis is a chronic, life-threatening illness. Coping, vicarious hope and vicarious despair are constructs that may explain why some children and parents adjust well to cystic fibrosis, while others adjust poorly. Vicarious hope refers to parent expectations that desirable things wi...
We hope these results can be used for future comparison and evaluation of outcome improvements in CF patients, namely the ones who were lately diagnosed through the neonatal screening programme, most of which began follow-up and treatment even before onset of symptoms. We hypothesize that they wil...
Another contributor to this theory is evidence around the effects of hyponatremia (low blood salt) caused by overconsumption of water during exercise, which affects sodium levels. There are also many cases of both diagnosed and undiagnosed cystic fibrosis sufferers. Cystic fibrosis causes increased sa...
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How does cystic fibrosis affect the integumentary system? How does Hirschsprung disease present? Identify two manifestations of tuberculosis. Relate each manifestation to the loss of homeostasis. Also identify two possible treatments for tuberculosis, stating how they should restore homeostasis. ...
Bronchitis is diagnosed with the help of: Sputum test Chest X-Ray Pulmonary Function Test How is Bronchitis treated? Bronchitis usually resolves without treatment in a couple of days and up to two weeks. However, in many cases antibiotic and cough medicine are recommended. ...
What makes these diseases so concerning is that only a handful of people are aware of their condition. According to the American Liver Foundation, no less than 100 million people in the United States currently have some form of liver disease, of whom only 1.8% are diagnosed.3 Because the ...
3.Surgery.Surgery may be recommended when a benign nodule is large in size and causing difficulty when breathing or swallowing, when there are diagnosed large multinodular goiters, or when goiters constrict airways, the esophagus, or blood vessels. Surgery is also recommended when nodules are suspe...
Three of the conditions most frequently recommended for carrier screening are cystic fibrosis (CF), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and fragile X syndrome (FXS). Unfortunately, conventional approaches have tended to deliver uneven results across ancestries, and they often fail to detect ...
When a child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, their siblings are at risk of being carriers. While international guidelines recommend against carrier testing in children, carrier status may be identified incidentally in childhood through 1) newborn screening programs, 2) genetic testing to exclude ...