Current Trends in Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease, primarily affecting the lungs and digestive system of over 1,300 children, adults in Ireland

Interview with Theresa Lowry- Lehnen (PhD), CNS, GPN, RNP, South East Technological University.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited chronic disease, primarily affecting the lungs and digestive system of over 1,300 children and adults in Ireland and 70,000 people worldwide. 1 Between 2008 and 2016, an average of 38 individuals in Ireland were diagnosed with CF each year, with 22 diagnosed in 2016. 5 Ireland has the highest incidence per head of population of CF in the world, with three times the rate of the United States and the rest of the European Union. 1