The mucoviscidose, which are the symptoms, exist there hopes of drugs, which tracking for the mucoviscidose, more autonomy for the patients, the contacts and the sites to learn more on the disease

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Mucoviscidose: a permanent combat

More than 200 children are born each year carriers from the mucoviscidose. This genetic disease causes mainly a respiratory insufficiency. Doctissimo reconsiders a disease that we should not any more be unaware of.

Mucoviscidose: to give again the breath with those which don’t have

More than 5.500 people are concerned with the mucoviscidose in France. This disease made today the object of a systematic tracking with the birth, but remains unfortunately, without treatment. Which are the symptoms? Do there exist hopes of drugs? Review.

Which tracking for the mucoviscidose?

There exists today a systematic tracking with the birth of the mucoviscidose. Several tests thus make it possible to confirm the diagnosis. Because the earliest possible catch the load is essential. On the other hand, the diagnosis anténatal is reserved only to the families at the risk. It makes it possible to detect during the pregnancy this genetic disease. The point on these trackings.

More autonomy for the patients

The life expectancy of the people touched by the mucoviscidose doesn’t cease increasing. It is 39 years today, against hardly seven years in 1965. After the cure, the priority is thus to improve quality of life of these 6.000 children and adults in France who live with the disease. For association to overcome the mucoviscidose, it is necessary to support the autonomy of the patients.

Genic therapies: a business of defenses

Suicides, stimulative, restorers… Various strategies of genic therapies are currently being studied to fight against cancer, the AIDS or the mucoviscidose. Strategies which, infiltration of elements suicides to the reinforcement of the troops of defense, give us an outline of the ways of research implemented to fight against these three plagues.

Contacts and sites to learn more

To improve the daily newspaper of the patients of associations councils and services propose answering their waitings. But their role often goes beyond this support: associations of patients support and encourage the scientific research. You will find hereafter the addresses, the sites and of the essential phone numbers.