Cystic Fibrosis Case Study

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Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening inherited disease that causes an extreme increase of abnormal thick secretions, destruction of the lungs and digestive system, and frequent respiratory infections. In this paper it will go in depth about how one obtains the disease, the statistic of CF, the sign and symptoms, the method of diagnosis, and the treatment with a special interest in lung transplants. This paper will glance into a interesting case study of a CF patient post lung transplant that obtained candida albican pancreatitis.CF is a very serious medical condition that has a variety of symptoms, diagnostic tools, and treatments. CF was discovered in 1938 and since then there has been a great amount of information observed …show more content…

This patient is 1 year post second bilateral lung transplant and completely immunocompromised from CF and the transplant. One week prior to developing symptoms of high fever, headache, and vague abdominal pain the patient had their stent removed that was placed for treatment of choledocholithiasis, gallstones. This case is presented as rare case due to the imaging of patient virtually identical to a inflamed swollen pancreas (acute interstitial edematous pancreatitis). With further testing and increase of symptoms candida albican infections, a type of yeast infection, was concluded. It was successfully treated by antifungal therapy. It was a very interesting rare case that was successfully treated in a young second post bilateral lung transplant CF patients. (Article is listed in …show more content…

There is sufficient accurate data and statistic on CF patients that range from chance of passing down the dysfunctional gene to life expectancy. Discovery if a patient has CF can be done in a variety of ways always ending with a sweat chloride test to confirm. A wide range of symptoms and signs are seen in CF patients. These symptoms can be treated with an assortment of medications, devices, and techniques. One of the most intense treatments are lung transplants that have a lot of disadvantages and advantages. CF is a very serious medical condition with no cure that even with treatment can have extreme complications, example the candida albican infection case study. CF is a life threatening genetic disease that causes extreme pulmonary obstruction with increased abnormal thick sticky secretions; it has a variation in diagnostic tolls, signs and symptoms, and

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