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Recessive Gene. After Dr. Andersen defined cystic fibrosis, doctors saw that previously they had been dismissing the lung symptoms as pneumonia, and confusing the intestinal upset with something else-celiac disease. Gradually, they learned that cystic fibrosis is by no means rare; by current estimates, one child in 600 is affected. It is inherited and may strike all the children in a susceptible family, or only one in ten, but the average is one in four...
There is a chicken-and-egg argument as to what the root cause of the trouble is. Some doctors believe that it lies in the mucous glands, which secrete an unusually thick, viscid mucus. This clogs the lung airways and also blocks the tiny ducts in the pancreas, so that its enzymes (notably trypsin) do not get through to the digestive tract. Others think the pancreas itself is at fault, and that its failure to produce enough enzymes causes both the intestinal trouble and the stickiness of the mucus...
Clearing the Chest. Until recently, the outlook was bleak indeed for all these youngsters. They were spindle-limbed and undernourished, no matter how much they ate. and they were always coming down with bronchitis or pneumonia. As doctors were learning to treat the digestive troubles and the lung disorders in turn, new drugs appeared to help them, and now the outlook for the little patients is more hopeful...
...simple relationship, because no factor that causes cancer of the lung has yet been found in tobacco tar, and some of the increase in lung cancer is probably due to other things, such as atmospheric pollution...
...miles per hour. 62. Recent medical claims of a connection between heavy cigarette smoking and lung cancer resulted in a group of the large tobacco companies: 1. Urging cigar and pipe smoking...