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Around 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year, and 70% of those diagnosed are age two or younger.<ref>http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/</ref>

Around 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year, and 70% of those diagnosed are age two or younger.<ref>http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/</ref>

Treatment of CF includes special diets high in fat and calories, treatment to prevent mucus from clogging the lungs, and possibly drugs to thin mucus. <ref>http://www.cff.org/LivingWithCF/StayingHealthy/</ref>  Patients with CF are careful to avoid germs, in order to lower the risk of a lung infection.  Because of scarring in the pancreas, CF patients are likely to develop diabetes later in life.  For this reason, CF patients avoid eating too much sugar.  Second-hand smoke can be harmful to CF patients, and it is best that people with CF avoid smoking environments.

Treatment of CF includes special diets high in fat and calories, treatment to prevent mucus from clogging the lungs, and possibly drugs to thin mucus.<ref>http://www.cff.org/LivingWithCF/StayingHealthy/</ref>  Patients with CF are careful to avoid germs, in order to lower the risk of a lung infection.  Because of scarring in the pancreas, CF patients are likely to develop diabetes later in life.  For this reason, CF patients avoid eating too much sugar.  Second-hand smoke can be harmful to CF patients, and it is best that people with CF avoid smoking environments.

Mucus in the lungs can be treated through drugs inhaled with a nebulizer.<ref>http://www.cff.org/LivingWithCF/StayingHealthy/</ref>

Mucus in the lungs can be treated through drugs inhaled with a nebulizer.<ref>http://www.cff.org/LivingWithCF/StayingHealthy/</ref>