CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION:
- Local Contact:
- Don Villani - 604 485-5868
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a fatal inherited disease that affects mainly the lungs and the digestive systems. It is estimated that one in 2,500 children born in Canada have CF. For persons with CF, life includes a daily routine of therapy and periodic visits to a CF clinic. Otherwise, most individuals with cystic fibrosis lead normal lives, for many years, in terms of education, physical activity, and social relationships. Eventually, however, lung disease places increasing limits on daily life.
Thanks to the advances in research and clinical care, growing numbers of children with CF are supervised into adulthood. In 1960, when the CFF was founded, a child born with cystic fibrosis rarely lived four years. Today, in Canada, persons with CF are living into their mid-thirties and beyond. Although medical awareness of CF has increased tremendously over the years, there is still no known cure for CF, but there is real hope.