Why can't cystic fibrosis patients be near each other?!


Question: Why can't cystic fibrosis patients be near each other?
I'm watching Grey's anatomy and they told a couple that they couldn't be together because they both had cystic fibrosis. Can someone please explain why.

Answers:

People with CF all carry germs, all of the time, in their airways-both lung and sinuses. However, not all people carry around the same germs. Some people carry more problematic germs (more likely to cause problems to the person with those germs) than others do. Unfortunately, those germs can definitely be passed from one person with CF to another, possibly causing risk to the newly infected person. So, we ask that people with CF avoid close contact with others with CF, unless they are family members.



People with Cystic Fibrosis can pass bacterium like cepacia, pseudomonas, MRSA, etc... to each other. I have a seven year old daughter with CF so it's always a huge concern when we are in hospital.... trying to avoid other CFers. It's really kind of sad as who could understand what a CFer goes through more than another CFer? They used to have ''CF camps'' until they realized they were picking things up off each other. Now in hospital, they are all separated from each other.

My source is my life. We are a CF family.



Heres a website that will answer all of your questions about "person to person transmission" of Cystic Fibrosis. Just copy and paste the link.


http://books.google.com/books?id=BGefk9zBqlgC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=why+cant+people+with+cystic+fibrosis+be+together&source=bl&ots=YNkGoIji3q&sig=mcL_-qIs3D8fUJwmSRVafhEVJ9M&hl=en&ei=5yBnTcCgN8L58Aa1kpWPCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

I'm a nursing student and have confirmed this information



There are types of bacteria that are dangerous for those with CF and those with CF can cross infect each other by contact or even coughing. I am watching Grey's anatomy too and had to find out why.

http://www.cks.nhs.uk/patient_information_leaflet/Cystic_Fibrosis



I'm a nurse....Cystic Fibrosis patient's can't be near one another because they can pass dangerous bacteria to eachother.



I've watching Grey's Anatomy also and was wondering the same thing! Now I know!



I'm watching it now and I didn't understandcit either



I was wondering the same thing! so I googled..its because of the risk of passing harmful bacteria to eachother.



Who is the actress playing Julia?



I just saw the part where they said that and decided to Google it myself. Now I know why.



it is caused by a Malfunctioning CFTR gene from both parents, it is very rare as in 1-4000 i would assume they put them in other rooms either because they wanted some space or the doctors wanted to tell them separately either way there is no real reason to separate them unless one of them is getting
physical therapy

http://house.wikia.com/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis




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