tell me now. can cystic fibroses cause death?
2007-07-12 23:40:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
yes it can
2007-07-13 06:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is an eventually fatal disease. In years passed, it was a fatal disease early in life. But no more. With advances in medicine children have lived well into adulthood. They have lived to parent children, have a career, and experience driving and other things.
Are you a young person that has been diagnosed with CF? I know it is scary. But you do have a life ahead of you. You won't be a marathon runner. But you will drive a car, visit the ocean, and even meet a girlfriend you might choose to marry. You do have a life in front of you. And you are not going to die before you are 12 as someone else suggested. Fifty years ago, that would happen. But not now. You do have a future. It will be different than your friends' lives, but you will have a life with good things to come.
2007-07-12 23:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by mama woof 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A friend of mine died at age 20 waiting for a lung transplant. She died of a reoccurring lung infection that progressively got worse.
2007-07-12 23:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by Pico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly yes, the mucus caused by cycstic fibrosis can block lungs, it can also make it hard for people affected to digest their food.
2007-07-12 23:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by llamarse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly yes.
2007-07-12 23:43:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, in most cases its found in children and is a genetic mutation or disorder (i cant remember which) my nephew has it. and they've told him he wasnt going to live to ten and now their saying to twenty.
2007-07-12 23:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by kayla 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes ... most children with CF will not live past 12 years old.
2007-07-12 23:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by sharky 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋