Cystic fibrosis : note
• Symptoms of cystic fibrosis
include secreting of very viscous mucus in the lung and suffering from repeated lung infections.
The pancreas is also affected and patients are deficient in pancreatic
enzymes; this reduces digestion and absorption of nutrients, so affecting growth.
• Patients with cystic fibrosis need physical therapy and
postural drainage to clear the airways because the viscous mucus in cystic
fibrosis is difficult to clear from the lung.
• Sweat glands have sympathetic
cholinergic innervation. Patients with cystic fibrosis secrete a large amount of
salt in their sweat and this forms the basis of a diagnostic test for the
condition.
• Since cystic fibrosis patients lack
digestive enzymes, enzyme preparations containing amylase, lipase and
proteases are prescribed to patients in order to improve intestinal absorption of nutrients.
- Prepared by: Dr. Mohamed Abdel Rahman (pharmacist).
- Resources: - Clinical physiology and pharmacology,Farideh Javid and Janice McCurrie 2008.
- Copyrights: All rights are reserved for pharmacist development group 2009 - 2011.
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on 12/05/2010.
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