Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited genetic disorder and affects more than 7,500 babies, children and young adults in the UK. Approximately, 1 in 25 people in the UK carry the defective gene. If both parents carry the CF gene, a child has a 1 in 4 chance of being born with CF, a 2 in 4 chance of being a carrier and a 1 in 4 chance of neither having CF nor being a carrier of the disease.
It is a chronic disease and is caused by a single gene defect of the chromosome number seven that affects a number of the organs in the body (especially the lungs and pancreas) by clogging them with thick, sticky mucus.
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