Walden UniversityNURS 6051week 1 advanced patho discussion - NURS 6501N.

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It is essential to understand the pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) to understand how it affects the body. Learning the alteration from the cellular level will guide to obtain information abou... t the pathologic effects of CF on organs and multi-system functions of the body and thus aid in the proper management of CF. Genetic Factor It is an autosomal recessive inherited disease and caused by transporting defective epithelial chloride iron. Cells contain genetic information that provides the body with coded instructions to make proteins, which determine how the body looks, develops, and works. People who inherit one copy of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene (Hammer & McPhee, 2014). A person must inherit two copies of the CFTR gene that contains mutations to have CF [Show More]

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