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The main objectives of this website is to
give information's, create awareness and to raise funds for
equipments for the Swansea paediatric cystic fibrosis ward. |
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.
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. 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. 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. |
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