Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that 1 out of every 29 Caucasian Americans have. In many cases, it is a symptom-less CF gene, which means that it will not affect your health. However, if 2 symptom-less CF gene parents have a child; the child has a 1 in 4 chance of having this deadly disease. The results of this disease often causes a shut-down in the lungs or digestive organs, which requires the need for a transplant or the person will die.

There are several Cystic Fibrosis organizations that provide awareness towards this disease. Their goal is to raise money for research and to provide community facilities to attend to the needs of cystic fibrosis diagnosed people.

Often people are diagnosed when they are still infants because it's easier to spot a problem when they are of this age. If the baby is having problems with basic functions such as eating, sleeping, or defecating, the doctor knows to run certain tests to check for CF. Nevertheless, not everyone finds out as a baby that something is wrong.

A simple sweat test is done to find out if cystic fibrosis may be the reason for the following symptoms: breathing difficulty, coughing, or skin smelling like salt. A sweat test tells the doctor that something isn't functioning properly and that the body needs help so that it doesn't shut down.

The Cystic Fibrosis organizations throughout the world are working to rid the world of this genetic disease. It has the ability to mutate, which makes it more difficult to find a cure.

Information from this article was obtained with permission from Cffutah's article, Think you know what Cystic Fibrosis is?