Is Cystic Fibrosis communicable?

Cystic Fibrosis = the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known.

No. CF is genetic. Meaning that it is transferred by the genes of the parents. Communicable means that you can catch it by air, contact, so on....which does not apply to CF.

For more info....
http://www.cff.org/

I have CF, and it can be genetic, but i wasa diagnosed because i had surgery and they discovered I had a disease thats starts with an m mon-o-con..sumthing...nothing with the pancreas and not "clogged thick with mucus" im not explaining my disease to someone who does not know anything....and theres no "defecr in a single genre" go away you have no clue

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