A barrel chest may relate to conditions such as COPD, arthritis, cystic fibrosis, or asthma. While people sometimes give the description “barrel-chested” to people with large chest muscles ...

The lungs try to help by breathing and holding in more air, leading to a barrel chest. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited (genetic) condition that affects the lungs and other parts of the body.

The genetic disorder cystic fibrosis is unique because it can cause both breathing and digestive problems. Some 40,000 people in the U.S. currently have it, "though this is likely an ...

the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Cordova Sanchez explained that as patients with cystic fibrosis live longer, more and more are developing chronic conditions ...

Cystic fibrosis, or CF, is sometimes called 65 roses ... since people with CF have extremely salty sweat. Chest X-rays, sinus X-rays, lung function tests, analysis of sputum and stool and genetic ...

The Prescription Drug Affordability Board unanimously voted against declaring Trikafta — a drug to treat cystic fibrosis — unaffordable ... up the mucus in her chest. She said she also worries ...

As part of a series on how the prognosis and treatment for different diseases have changed over time, here are the basics of cystic fibrosis (CF ... and/or treat chest infections.

who does not have cystic fibrosis. At three she began receiving intravenous antibiotics and was tube-fed. “Childhood involved chest physio and nebulisers, even when I was well,” she said.

Asthma can sometimes make your lungs hyperinflate, much like with COPD, which may lead to a barrel-shaped chest, especially at the time of an attack. A genetic condition, cystic fibrosis causes ...