Cystic fibrosis is a disease passed down from parents to children through genes ( genetic disorder ). affecting the secretory glands ( mucus -producing areas of the body including sweat ) which may cause the recurrent lung and digestive disorders. cavity and a member of the human body produces substances that are functioning to protect the mucus. if you or your child has Cystic fibrosis, mucus that was going to be thick and sticky. and will accumulate in the lungs, if mucus accumulates in the lung airways to the lungs will be blocked and can lead to very rapid growth of bacteria. other than that mucus will clog the channels accumulate in the pancreas that causes indigestion, because no arrival enzymes made by the pancreas into the small intestine. substances that produced by the pancreas in the need to digest proteins and vitamins by the small intestine. if the substance is clogged then our body will lack the vitamins and nutrients, since nutrients or food into our bodies can no...