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Revision as of 17:16, 8 February 2018

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

If left untreated, [#]% of patients with [disease name] may progress to develop [manifestation 1], [manifestation 2], and [manifestation 3].

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Common complications of [disease name] include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].

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Prognosis is generally excellent/good/poor, and the 1/5/10-year mortality/survival rate of patients with [disease name] is approximately [#]%.

Death is usually caused by lung complications.

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 ==Complications==
-The most common complication is chronic respiratory infection.
-* Bowel problems, such as [[Gallstone disease (patient information)|gallstones]], [[intestinal obstruction]], and [[Rectal prolapse (patient information)|rectal prolapse]]
-* [[Coughing up blood]]
-* [[Chronic respiratory failure]]
-* [[Diabetes]]
-* [[Infertility]]
-* [[Liver disease]] or [[liver failure]], [[Pancreatitis (patient information)|pancreatitis]], [[biliary cirrhosis]]
-* [[Malnutrition]]
-* [[Nasal polyps]] and [[Sinusitis (patient information)|sinusitis]]
-* [[Osteoporosis (patient information)|Osteoporosis]] and [[arthritis]]
-* [[Pneumonia (patient information)|Pneumonia]], recurrent
-* [[Pneumothorax (patient information)|Pneumothorax]]
-* Right-sided [[heart failure]] ([[cor pulmonale]])
 ==Prognosis==