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The disease goes hand in hand with a disturbed water-salt balance in all exocrine<br />

glands (glands of external secretion) of the body. Viscous and thick secrete clog the<br />

openings of the glands, which gradually are replaced by cysts and connective tissue<br />

and die off 10 .<br />

In the following section I would like to focus on the organs which are most commonly<br />

affected, and their symptoms. These are also the organs which are most important in<br />

the osteopathic treatment of the disease.<br />

CF is a disease which affects many systems, above all the exocrine glands of<br />

the body.<br />

10 Knippers R., 2001, p.483<br />

<strong>Diploma</strong> <strong>Thesis</strong> Sabine Neuhaus page 9 of 52

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