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Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis is a multi-system disease. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust recommends the best care for people with CF is at a specialist CF centre by the multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

The different ways Cystic Fibrosis is treated can be found in the following sections:

Physiotherapy - to help clear the lungs of mucus, which attracts infection

Exercise - beneficial as a form of physiotherapy and for general health

Medication - the different inhaled and intravenous drugs taken to clear mucus and fight infections

Nutrition - enzyme tablets to help digest food and dietetic information

Other aspects of CF such as transplants, CF related diabetes, and fertility.

Emily Thackray and medication