Child Health 3 - Charlotte

Wrap up & Evaluation

Wrap Up

Teacher's Comment
  • Cystic fibrosis is a multi-system disease affecting the lungs, gastrointestinal track and pancreas.
  • Cystic fibrosis is often diagnosed on newborn screening, other infants may present with meconium ileus, failure to thrive or recurrent respiratory tract infections.
  • With effective preventative therapy, children with cystic fibrosis can lead a relatively normal life; this would include regular physiotherapy, antibiotics and in 80% of cases pancreatic replacement enzymes.
  • Later complications of cystic fibrosis include bronchiectasis, diabetes, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, cirrhotic liver disease and infertility.