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cystic fibrosis - inherited multisystem disease causing thick mucus in respiratory and digestive systems

Cystic fibrosis (CF), also called Mucoviscidosis, is a hereditary disease that affects the entire body, causing progressive disability and early death. more

some common symptoms
blue lips or dusky skin cough difficulty breathing weight loss

some related diagnoses

1 - 7 of 91 diagnoses
	allergic reaction

	pneumonia

	chest wall trauma or fracture rib

	mycoplasma pneumonia

	pleural effusion

	cor pulmonale

	reactive airways dysfunction syndrome

	more

diagnostic test search results for 'cystic fibrosis'

1 - 5 of 39 diagnostic tests

	Immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT)	cystic fibrosis and Immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT)
	Molecular Genetic Studies	cystic fibrosis and Molecular Genetic Studies
	Sputum analysis	cystic fibrosis and Sputum analysis
	Sweat Chloride Test	cystic fibrosis and Sweat Chloride Test
	CT chest	cystic fibrosis and CT chest
	Chest X-ray	Radiological technique to image the chest cystic fibrosis and Chest X-ray
	Complete Blood Count	cystic fibrosis and Complete Blood Count
	Pulmonary Function Tests	cystic fibrosis and Pulmonary Function Tests
	Pulse oximetry	Oximetry cystic fibrosis and Pulse oximetry
	Sinus radiography	cystic fibrosis and Sinus radiography
	Arterial Blood Gas	cystic fibrosis and Arterial Blood Gas
	Amniocentesis	cystic fibrosis and Amniocentesis
	Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)	cystic fibrosis and Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
	Newborn Screening	cystic fibrosis and Newborn Screening
	Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Detection	cystic fibrosis and Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Detection
	72 hour stool fat	fat in stool collected over 72 hours cystic fibrosis and 72 hour stool fat
	Serum amylase	cystic fibrosis and Serum amylase
	Serum lipase	cystic fibrosis and Serum lipase
	Upper GI series with small bowel follow-through	cystic fibrosis and Upper GI series with small bowel follow-through
	trypsin and chymotrypsin in stool	cystic fibrosis and trypsin and chymotrypsin in stool
	Blood, Platelet Count	Platelet Count cystic fibrosis and Blood, Platelet Count
	CT scan	cystic fibrosis and CT scan
	Cardiopulmonary exercise testing	cystic fibrosis and Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
	Fecal Elastase I Level	cystic fibrosis and Fecal Elastase I Level
	Gastric Emptying Scan	cystic fibrosis and Gastric Emptying Scan
	Gastrografin enema	cystic fibrosis and Gastrografin enema
	Gastrografin imaging of the GI tract	cystic fibrosis and Gastrografin imaging of the GI tract
	HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography) chest	cystic fibrosis and HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography) chest
	Mucociliary clearance studies	cystic fibrosis and Mucociliary clearance studies
	Secretin stimulation test	cystic fibrosis and Secretin stimulation test
	Serum trypsinogen	cystic fibrosis and Serum trypsinogen
	Sudan III stain of stool	cystic fibrosis and Sudan III stain of stool
	Trypsin activity of duodenal juice	cystic fibrosis and Trypsin activity of duodenal juice
	fecal chymotrypsin	cystic fibrosis and fecal chymotrypsin
	pilocarpine iontophoresis	cystic fibrosis and pilocarpine iontophoresis
	serum vitamin E	cystic fibrosis and serum vitamin E
	serum vitamin K	cystic fibrosis and serum vitamin K
	sperm count	cystic fibrosis and sperm count
	stool fat	cystic fibrosis and stool fat
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therapeutic procedure search results for 'cystic fibrosis'
1 - 5 of 19 therapeutic procedures
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	Lung transplantation	cystic fibrosis and Lung transplantation
	Oxygen	cystic fibrosis and Oxygen
	Chest physical therapy	cystic fibrosis and Chest physical therapy
	Cholecystectomy	cystic fibrosis and Cholecystectomy
	high-frequency chest compression	cystic fibrosis and high-frequency chest compression
	postural drainage	cystic fibrosis and postural drainage
	Flutter device	cystic fibrosis and Flutter device
	inflatable vest	cystic fibrosis and inflatable vest
	Aerobic Exercise	cystic fibrosis and Aerobic Exercise
	Enteral feeding	cystic fibrosis and Enteral feeding
	Exercise programs	cystic fibrosis and Exercise programs
	Feeding tube	cystic fibrosis and Feeding tube
	Forced Expiration Technique	cystic fibrosis and Forced Expiration Technique
	Heart-Lung Transplantation	cystic fibrosis and Heart-Lung Transplantation
	Intravenous infusion of immunoglobulin (IVIG)	cystic fibrosis and Intravenous infusion of immunoglobulin (IVIG)
	Iontophoresis	cystic fibrosis and Iontophoresis
	Medium-chain triglycerides	cystic fibrosis and Medium-chain triglycerides
	Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)	cystic fibrosis and Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
	airway clearance	cystic fibrosis and airway clearance
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medications search results for 'cystic fibrosis'
1 - 5 of 47 medications
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	Acetylcysteine inhalation solution	cystic fibrosis and Acetylcysteine inhalation solution
	Azithromycin	cystic fibrosis and Azithromycin
	Aztreonam	cystic fibrosis and Aztreonam
	Ciprofloxacin	cystic fibrosis and Ciprofloxacin
	Dicloxacillin	cystic fibrosis and Dicloxacillin
	Dornase Alfa	cystic fibrosis and Dornase Alfa
	Imipenem and Cilastatin	cystic fibrosis and Imipenem and Cilastatin
	Inhaled TOBI	cystic fibrosis and Inhaled TOBI
	Meropenem	cystic fibrosis and Meropenem
	Oxacillin	cystic fibrosis and Oxacillin
	Pancreatin	cystic fibrosis and Pancreatin
	Pancrelipase	cystic fibrosis and Pancrelipase
	Pancrelipase Powder	cystic fibrosis and Pancrelipase Powder
	Piperacillin	cystic fibrosis and Piperacillin
	Piperacillin and Tazobactam Sodium Amiloride	cystic fibrosis and Piperacillin and Tazobactam Sodium Amiloride
	Pulmozyme	cystic fibrosis and Pulmozyme
	Vitamin Supplementation	cystic fibrosis and Vitamin Supplementation
	Vitamin supplements	cystic fibrosis and Vitamin supplements
	acetylcysteine (a.k.a acetylcysteine, Acetadote , Acys-5)	cystic fibrosis and acetylcysteine
	albuterol	cystic fibrosis and albuterol
	albuterol (a.k.a albuterol, Ventolin)	cystic fibrosis and albuterol
	amikacin	cystic fibrosis and amikacin
	amikacin (a.k.a amikacin, Amikin)	cystic fibrosis and amikacin
	aztreonam (a.k.a aztreonam, Azactam)	cystic fibrosis and aztreonam
	cefepime	cystic fibrosis and cefepime
	ceftazidime	cystic fibrosis and ceftazidime
	ceftazidime (a.k.a ceftazidime, Fortaz)	cystic fibrosis and ceftazidime
	dornase alfa (a.k.a dornase alfa, Pulmozyme)	cystic fibrosis and dornase alfa
	gentamicin (a.k.a gentamicin, Garamycin)	cystic fibrosis and gentamicin
	gentamycin	cystic fibrosis and gentamycin
	ibuprofen	cystic fibrosis and ibuprofen
	imipenem-cilastatin (a.k.a imipenem-cilastatin, Primaxin IV , Primaxin IM)	cystic fibrosis and imipenem-cilastatin
	ipratropium (a.k.a ipratropium, Atrovent)	cystic fibrosis and ipratropium
	meropenem (a.k.a meropenem, Merrem)	cystic fibrosis and meropenem
	pancreatin (a.k.a pancreatin, Donnazyme , Digipepsin)	cystic fibrosis and pancreatin
	pancrelipase (a.k.a pancrelipase, Ultrase)	cystic fibrosis and pancrelipase
	pentoxifylline	cystic fibrosis and pentoxifylline
	piperacillin (a.k.a piperacillin, Pipracil , Piperacillin Sodium)	cystic fibrosis and piperacillin
	predniSONE (a.k.a predniSONE, Deltasone)	cystic fibrosis and predniSONE
	prednisone	cystic fibrosis and prednisone
	terbutaline	cystic fibrosis and terbutaline
	terbutaline (a.k.a terbutaline, Brethine)	cystic fibrosis and terbutaline
	tobramycin	cystic fibrosis and tobramycin
	tobramycin inhalation (a.k.a tobramycin inhalation, Tobi)	cystic fibrosis and tobramycin inhalation
	ursodeoxycholic acid	cystic fibrosis and ursodeoxycholic acid
	vancomycin	cystic fibrosis and vancomycin
	vancomycin (a.k.a vancomycin, Vancocin HCl)	cystic fibrosis and vancomycin
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