Cystic fibrosis

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis or Landsteiner-Fanconi disease is a progressive, autosomal recessive genetic disease that causes persistent lung infection, restricts respiratory capacity over time, and significantly affects the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, and reproductive organsBecause the disease is autosomal recessive, even if the woman and man carrying the defective genes are not sick, their children can get sick with a 25% chance. People who have only one copy of the defective gene are called carriers. That is, it is a disease with a high risk of occurrence in consanguineous marriages.
Our article describes the clinical picture of a child treated at our institute with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.