Cystic fibrosis is perhaps the most commondisease on Earth, inherited. It was first described by the American pediatrician Dorothy Anderson in 1938. The official name is fibrosis of the pancreas.
In the walls of the vessels a stronginflammation of various forms of severity, the connective skeleton is destroyed, and bronchiectasises quickly form. With a constant blockage of a rather viscous sputum, bronchiectasis becomes more frequent, with time, hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension increase.
It should be noted that the symptomatology of the diseasemay not manifest immediately. Doctors often begin to treat common bronchitis, but in the end it turns out that this is not he, but cystic fibrosis. Help then turns out to be a completely different character. Suffering from this disease are peculiar:
Of course, just to make a correct diagnosis without proper examination is simply not enough. It is better to approach the problem in a complex way. Analyzes that are prescribed by a doctor to detect cystic fibrosis:
At the moment, it is impossible to completely overcome this disease. But if the help is given to patients with cystic fibrosis on time, even with this diagnosis a person can live a long enough life.
All treatment of patients is a qualitativediet and physical activity. The diet is determined by the specialist individually. And then treatment of cystic fibrosis proceeds, proceeding from the symptoms. The main goal of the doctors here is to prevent blockage of the lungs and avoid gastrointestinal obstruction. All patients are registered with the dispensary.
The main prescribed drugs: enzyme, antifungal and antibacterial agents. As a physiotherapy, a vibrating whole chest massage and special gymnastics are often prescribed.
According to some data, the average life expectancy of a patient in Russia is 15-18 years. In the US, for example, with a similar diagnosis, the patient lives on average up to 28-42 years.
