Cystic fibrosis
Template Informative Speech Outline
*Title: Cystic Fibrosis
*Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about cystic fibrosis and how severe it really is.
*Thesis Statement: Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is slowly killing our children and the question is how can we help these children in their times of need?
Introduction
Attention-getter: How many people love children? how would you feel if you knew that a mass majority of our youth has been born with and/or died from cystic fibrosis?
Preview: Today I will be discussing the what is cystic fibrosis, how it affects our youth, and ways to back to those we have lost.
Body
I. First main point - What is Cystic Fibrosis?
A. Cystic Fibrosis is a life long hereditary disease that causes thick mucus within the lungs making it difficult to breathe and leads to lung infections. Some symptoms are slow growth, NO bowel movement for atleast 24 hours of life, congestion, weight loss and/or complicated weight gain.
B. This disease from a autosomal recessive pattern within the parents genes that affects the child from birth. Mutations from the CTFR genes causes the chloride ions to function improperly which leads to the dysfunction of the lungs, pancreas, and other organs.
Transition: Since this disease is hereditary, you can see that is affects our children from birth. Not even giving them a chance to live their lives the way a child should. Everyday we hear about children having diseases but have you really thought about how is truly affects our youth?
II. Second main point- How does cystic fibrosis affect our youth?
A. Cystic Fibrosis is mainly found in Causcasian children, very few African Americans, and even fewer in other races. This disease is frequently found in children, rarely in teenagers, and almost never in adults.
B. These infected children can not be exposed to certain things such as: dust, smoke, dirt, mold, smoke from fire places, specific household chemicals, etc. Those factors prevent
*Title: Cystic Fibrosis
*Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about cystic fibrosis and how severe it really is.
*Thesis Statement: Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is slowly killing our children and the question is how can we help these children in their times of need?
Introduction
Attention-getter: How many people love children? how would you feel if you knew that a mass majority of our youth has been born with and/or died from cystic fibrosis?
Preview: Today I will be discussing the what is cystic fibrosis, how it affects our youth, and ways to back to those we have lost.
Body
I. First main point - What is Cystic Fibrosis?
A. Cystic Fibrosis is a life long hereditary disease that causes thick mucus within the lungs making it difficult to breathe and leads to lung infections. Some symptoms are slow growth, NO bowel movement for atleast 24 hours of life, congestion, weight loss and/or complicated weight gain.
B. This disease from a autosomal recessive pattern within the parents genes that affects the child from birth. Mutations from the CTFR genes causes the chloride ions to function improperly which leads to the dysfunction of the lungs, pancreas, and other organs.
Transition: Since this disease is hereditary, you can see that is affects our children from birth. Not even giving them a chance to live their lives the way a child should. Everyday we hear about children having diseases but have you really thought about how is truly affects our youth?
II. Second main point- How does cystic fibrosis affect our youth?
A. Cystic Fibrosis is mainly found in Causcasian children, very few African Americans, and even fewer in other races. This disease is frequently found in children, rarely in teenagers, and almost never in adults.
B. These infected children can not be exposed to certain things such as: dust, smoke, dirt, mold, smoke from fire places, specific household chemicals, etc. Those factors prevent
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