What Are the Treatments?
According to NHS Inform, people with Cystic Fibrosis take medicine to make the mucus in the lungs thinner and easier to cough up, and it helps widen the airways to reduce inflammation. This also may unclog ducts in the liver and improve bile flow. Antibiotics also help prevent and treat many chest infections such as bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and the whooping cough, this will prevent and treat the lung infections and pulmonary and exacerbations. There are also special techniques and devices to clear and take out all mucus from the lungs. Also insulin to treat diabetes caused by the destruction of the pancreas, if needed though.
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