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* Nutrients leave your body unused, and you can become malnourished.
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    * Nutrients leave your body unused, and you can become malnourished.
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* Your stools become bulky.
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    * Your stools become bulky.
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* You may not get enough vitamins A, D, E, and K.
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    * You may not get enough vitamins A, D, E, and K.
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* You may have intestinal gas, a swollen belly, and pain or discomfort.
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    * You may have intestinal gas, a swollen belly, and pain or discomfort.
      
The abnormal gene also causes your sweat to become extremely salty. As a result, when you perspire, your body loses large amounts of salt. This can upset the balance of minerals in your blood. The imbalance may cause you to have a heat emergency.
 
The abnormal gene also causes your sweat to become extremely salty. As a result, when you perspire, your body loses large amounts of salt. This can upset the balance of minerals in your blood. The imbalance may cause you to have a heat emergency.
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Until the 1980s, most deaths from CF occurred in children and teenagers. Today, with improved treatments, people with CF live, on average, to be more than 35 years old. Research continues to look for:
 
Until the 1980s, most deaths from CF occurred in children and teenagers. Today, with improved treatments, people with CF live, on average, to be more than 35 years old. Research continues to look for:
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* Better treatments
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    * A cure
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* A cure
    
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
SkipCaptcha, nsSupply_SidersR, nsSupply_Siders_
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