Could have the cause of the early death of Chopin cystic fibrosis

Polish scientists have sought permission for the study of cardiac tissue by Frederic Chopin, which is currently stored in a Warsaw church. Genetic analyzes will help the cause of death of the great composer specify much data that he had serious hereditary disease clarify - cystic fibrosis. Chopin died at the age of 39 in France, where he was forced into exile after the defeat of the imperial armies of the Polish uprising of 1830-1831. In accordance with the will of the deceased, his heart was to be buried in his native Poland. Chopin's sister Jadwiga will meet brother crystal vessel with Chopin's heart, receive, is probably in brandy stored in a column in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. Doctors who treated Chopin thought that he died of tuberculosis. Nevertheless believes the Polish scientist Wojciech Tsishi (Wojciech Cichy) it is more likely a different diagnosis - cystic fibrosis. The cause of this disease is an inherited mutation in the gene that regulates the viscosity of the secrets of the mucous membranes. In patients with cystic fibrosis increased viscosity of secrets, to an increased risk of infection and inflammation, particularly in the lung and gut what. Different from birth, Chopin fragile health and was often sick. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, he pursued a kind of chronic lung disease. With the growth of 170 centimeters Chopin weighed only 40 pounds. Moreover, despite the many passionate romances, such as long-term fascination with the French writer George Sand, Chopin not have children, which suggests a possible infertility. Lung disease, low birth weight, and male infertility, and death at an early age-specific symptoms of cystic fibrosis, but definitely confirm or refute this version can only DNA composer. The initiative of the Polish scientists aroused considerable controversy in Polish society. In particular against them, some descendants of the Chopin family spoke. The last inspection of the heart Chopin was held 1949th Then it turned out that the body remains in good condition.