Cystic fibrosis is a type of disorder that is inherited and is related to causing damage to the digestive system, lungs and even other parts of the body. This is because it affects cells that are charged with the duty of sweat production, mucus and digestive juices which are a very important in human metabolic activities (Bozic& Mascarenhas, 2016). Screening of infants have been the order of the day making it successful in making sure that people with this condition are managed well to avoid their early deaths. In the past, this condition was not detected on time which led to suffering of people with it. This made it hard for them to live a normal life, which, is not the case in present world. When this condition is not screened on time, then, it would lead to the development of symptoms to the levels that may lead to much destructions on their organs.

Nutrition can simply be referred to the process of supply of food to the cell of an organism in order to stay alive. In this case, nutrition is the science of human body consuming and utilizing food materials (Moran et al, 2014). Through this definition, it is therefore true to say that human being and other living organisms cannot live without nutrition. It is very important especially for the sick people such as those with cystic fibrosis. A lot of specialist trainings have also been set as a counter measure for this type of condition so as to make it easy to handle.

Thesis statement

This paper will aim at bringing the relationship between medical conditions and nutrition; cystic Fibrosis to be specific.

Pathophysiology

The causing factor of cystic Fibrosis is the mutation of cystic Fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene. This mutation affects protein production by this gene. The protein performs the duty of movement of sodium and chloride ions across the epithelial cell membranes. Defects can occur when even one copy of the gene is affected but even worst when both occur. It is at this point that mucus substances started forming on organs which leads to defective performance in both short and long run.

Nutrition Needs

Eating well is the major thing that makes people living with cystic fibrosis live longer. They are always advised to take high quantity of food products since their cells are not able to absorb important nutrients from meals. This is why most of them are prescribed by doctors to take food supplements which have been refined for easy absorption by our body cells. It has been hard especial for doctors or people in charge to make sure that teenagers and kids to make sure that they eat at the required time. This is because they are always at an age whereby they want to be like other without knowing that they are depriving their body of the much self-defense mechanism. It is therefore common for them to be always overpowered by flu and colds. They are also short and weak which makes them prone to bullying from their peers.

Patient educational needs

What is important is to educate patients on the decease they have, the danger that it carries and how important they are to their own survival. This statement is very true since it is the dusty of the health personnel and patients themselves to make sure that they are ok and that their bodies are out of risk. First of all, during the test of babies, parents should be notified on the importance of making sure that they follow everything prescribed to them. They must understand the intensity of the situation at hand. The second thing is for the hospital to provide much needed food supplements that will make these babies develop close to normal. This will help reduce early childhood mortality rate from this disorder. If research has made it possible for people living with cystic fibrosis live past the life expectancy of the past, then, they can make it possible to eradicate this once and for all.

Conclusion

As it is clear in the explanations above, it is therefore right to conclude that there is a great deal of relationship between deceases and nutrition. What a patient is given as food contributes a lot to the healing process of which is not really dependent on the quantity intake but the quality of the food ingested (Turck et al, 2016). The food should always have a balance of important nutrients such as vitamins, ions, and proteins just to mention but a few. All these compositions serve important purpose in the human body and therefore, would make the body stronger.

Another important thing in the research above is that, the moment that the health sector concentrated on making sure that people are tested in the early months of their lives, it made it easier in controlling those who were found positive of the disorder. By so doing, most victims are able to live past the predicted life-limit which was bellow thirty with some living into their fifties.

Reference

Moran, A., Pillay, K., Becker, D. J., & Acerini, C. L. (2014). Management of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes in children and adolescents. Pediatric diabetes, 15(S20), 65-76.

Solomon, M., Bozic, M., & Mascarenhas, M. R. (2016). Nutritional issues in cystic fibrosis. Clinics in chest medicine, 37(1), 97-107

Turck, D., Braegger, C. P., Colombo, C., Declercq, D., Morton, A., Pancheva, R., …& Schneider, S. M. (2016). ESPEN-ESPGHAN-ECFS guidelines on nutrition care for infants, children, and adults with cystic fibrosis. Clinical Nutrition, 35(3), 557-577.