Raising Money For The Cystic Fibrosis Trust
What Is Cystic Fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis is the UK's most common life-threatening, inherited disease and affects more than 7500 babies, children and young adults. Symptoms can include poor weight gain, troublesome coughs, repeated chest infections, salty sweat and abnormal stools.
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects a number of organs in the body (especially the lungs and pancreas) by clogging them with thick, sticky mucus
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At present there is no cure for CF, but the faulty gene has been identified and doctors and scientists are working to find ways of repairing or replacing it. One of the main objectives of the CF Trust is to fund this work.
People with CF are living longer than ever before. Until the 1930s, the life expectancy of a baby with CF was only a few months. Today the average life expectancy for someone with CF is around 31 years.
Facts About Cystic Fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the UK's most common, life threatening, inherited disease.
There is currently no cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis is not contagious it is a genetic disease.
The defective gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis was found in 1989.
Cystic Fibrosis affects over 7,500 people in the UK.
Of the people with CF, 50% are under 15 and 70% are under 20.
In the UK, 2.3 million people carry the faulty CF gene - 1 in 25 of the population.
If both parents are carriers of the faulty gene, there is a 1 in 4 chance their child will have CF.
Cystic Fibrosis affects vital organs in the body, especially the lungs and digestive system, clogging them with sticky mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe and digest food.
Each week five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis
Each week three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis
The average life expectancy for someone with CF is just 31 years.
Information taken from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
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