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Diagnosis respectively exclusion of CF at adult age
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I suffer since 2 years without cessation from strong cough with sputum (I am non-smoker), burning and tightness in the throat, hoarseness, cramps in the thoracic cage, back pain, a feeling of pressure in the upper abdominal tract, frequent diarrhea. The cough starts ...
24.01.2015
hyperechogenic bowel
I am 22 weeks pregnant with my second child and during the ultrasound a hyperechogenic bowel was detected with no other indication of a chromosome anomaly. I am 33 years old and the chance for a down syndrome is 1:2500. I was tested for 90% of CF mutations and I am waiting for the results. If I am ...
06.01.2015
Possibilty for CF
I am 32 years old, father of 2 children, and the last 5 years I suffer from relapsing respiratory infections. As a kid I suffered from bronchiolitis/otitis and twice from pneumonia. At the age of 15 months I did a sweat test twice at the CF centre at “Aghia Sofia” Hospital and the values were ...
05.01.2015
cf
Dear ladies and gentlemen, At the heel prick of my son, they discovered a CF gene and in addition an increased value of something. We had to do a sweat test. My son was 3 weeks old at that time. Is this reliable? I read on the internet that it is reliable from 4 to 6 weeks. They also took a ...
22.12.2014
Borderline values for CF
We had a baby boy two months ago in Thessaloniki and the baby was tested for metabolic diseases (blood from the heel on a paper). Two days ago the clinic called for a retest for metabolic diseases. Our doctor said it was nothing to worry about because the value was 62 instead of 60 and it 99.9% we ...
03.12.2014
Question about diagnosis in adults
Since childhood my husband had problems with the lungs. He had pneumonia several times. He now has COPD gold 3 and a bunch of unclear symptoms such as problems with his liver, joint pain, a pre stage of diabetes,... I have lately noticed that he tastes/sweats very salty. I wonder if CF should be ...
03.12.2014
Meconium
My 13-year-old daughter has recently been examined several times because CF was suspected. She had a lot of lung infections with Pseudomonas etc. Shortly after her birth CF was also suspected (or Hirschsprung) because she did not release the meconium. After her birth she stayed 1,5 days in ...
10.11.2014
Prolapse of the rectal mucosa
Hello, my daughter is 6 weeks old and as I recently gave her for the first time a suppository, a slight prolapse of the rectal mucosa occurred due to the fact that she was pressing against it. Now I observed it another time during emptying the bowels. There are always only a few mililmeters, that ...
10.11.2014
CF test for only one parent
Hello, I would like to know the impact on my 5-year and 6-months-old daughter’s health who was F508del homozygous diagnosed in 2011. Regarding that only her mother has made genetic testing (her father did not wish to do), could you give me some information about it and whether it will affect ...
04.11.2014
Willebrand disease and CF prenatal diagnosis
Hello, my partner is a carrier of a CF gene mutation, so we made an test for me and I am unfortunately also carrier of the gene. We were explained the risk is 1/4 chance of having a child with CF and the possibility of diagnosis at 11 weeks of pregnancy. The problem is I have got also Willebrand ...
03.11.2014
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