For patients with cystic fibrosis

After your lung transplant, you will attend very regular clinic appointments. At first these will be at the transplant clinic, but eventually you may be seen at your local cycstic fibrosis (CF) centre as well.

Your nutritional management may be split between the transplant clinic and your CF centre. Depending on where you live, you may be referred to a local community dietitian if you are unable to visit your CF centre regularly. Make sure you check with both your CF and transplant team who will be responsible for reviewing you.

Although your new lungs are free from some of the effects of CF, your bowels and pancreas are still affected by the CF gene. As a CF patient, you are at a higher risk of the following:

Most of the general nutritional advice given is equally relevant to people with cystic fibrosis after lung transplant. So please make sure to read through all nutritional advice, including Food Safety and How to eat well.

Healthy eating and cystic fibrosis (PDF, 21.MB, 9 pages)

NHS document with guidance on healthy eating for patients with CF