Life Factors and Life Events
Life factors and live events
There are many different factors that may affect a person’s life such as genetic, biological, environmental, socio-economic and lifestyle.
The genetic factors that may affect a person’s life are cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, asthma, brittle bone disease and rheumatic disease the genetic disease that I have chosen to write about is cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that is caused by a defective gene; cystic fibrosis affects the glands in the body that produce our bodily fluids. Cystic fibrosis is not very common in the UK as only 4% of the population are thought to be carrying this gene. The cystic fibrosis gene is a recessive gene which means that you won’t get it unless both your parent are carrying the gene. There is only a 4 in 1 chance that the child born to those people is carrying the gene which will develop.
Cystic fibrosis is caused by just one faulty gene, cystic fibrosis causes the lungs in our body to become clogged with a lot of thick mucus. People that are suffering from cystic fibrosis may find it hard to get their full nourishment from foods, and they probably suffer from chest infections. When cystic fibrosis happens it means that there is to much salt in the body and not enough water most children that suffer from cystic fibrosis often have very short live s but thanks to the modern medication it has helped to improve people’s life expectancy people that normally have cystic fibrosis experience problems such as diabetes, liver failure and even infertility.
Cystic fibrosis is an incurable but there are treatments that help people cope with cystic fibrosis. It also helps reduce having long term damage from any infections and complications that may occur. Eating high energy, vitamin and mineral supplement foods can help a person with cystic fibrosis get all the nutrients that they need, doing a lot of exercises is also important as this will help keep the body healthy and in
There are many different factors that may affect a person’s life such as genetic, biological, environmental, socio-economic and lifestyle.
The genetic factors that may affect a person’s life are cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, asthma, brittle bone disease and rheumatic disease the genetic disease that I have chosen to write about is cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that is caused by a defective gene; cystic fibrosis affects the glands in the body that produce our bodily fluids. Cystic fibrosis is not very common in the UK as only 4% of the population are thought to be carrying this gene. The cystic fibrosis gene is a recessive gene which means that you won’t get it unless both your parent are carrying the gene. There is only a 4 in 1 chance that the child born to those people is carrying the gene which will develop.
Cystic fibrosis is caused by just one faulty gene, cystic fibrosis causes the lungs in our body to become clogged with a lot of thick mucus. People that are suffering from cystic fibrosis may find it hard to get their full nourishment from foods, and they probably suffer from chest infections. When cystic fibrosis happens it means that there is to much salt in the body and not enough water most children that suffer from cystic fibrosis often have very short live s but thanks to the modern medication it has helped to improve people’s life expectancy people that normally have cystic fibrosis experience problems such as diabetes, liver failure and even infertility.
Cystic fibrosis is an incurable but there are treatments that help people cope with cystic fibrosis. It also helps reduce having long term damage from any infections and complications that may occur. Eating high energy, vitamin and mineral supplement foods can help a person with cystic fibrosis get all the nutrients that they need, doing a lot of exercises is also important as this will help keep the body healthy and in
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