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sweat test for a baby at the age of 6 months and 20 days
dear Team! My son (6 months old) will have in 2 weeks a sweat test because he suffers from bronchitis very often (5 times during 2 last months) and has a very salty forehead. On the day of testing he will be 6 months and 20 days old? What are the normal results for this age? 39 or 29??? Thank ...
22.10.2013
High blood levels of triglycerids
Hello, I am 32 years old, and was diagnosed with bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD). I am heterozygous for the DF508 mutation (second possible mutation unidentified) and "suffering" from chronic sinusitis. My sweat test, if I understood, ranges in the intermediate values and does not ...
21.10.2013
Cystic Fibrosis
Dear experts, a sweat test has been done with my 6-month-old son. The values were above 60. The test searched for 27 mutations, but nothing was found. What does this mean exactly? He is in Russia for the moment, but he will come to Belgium in October.
26.09.2013
CF yes or no?
Hello, my 8-year-old daughter has health problems since birth (croup, bronchitis, pneumonia etc.). She is 119cm tall and weighs 18.5 kg. Allergy tests, blood investigations, bronchoscopy, ciliar diagnostics, x-rays etc. have already been done. She takes Viani 125® (fluticasone and ...
26.09.2013
Premature baby and meconium plug
I gave birth to twin boys at 28 weeks of gestation. After 23 days twin B was submitted to surgery due to meconium ileus. He was fed through IV for two months. He presented with severe cholestasis, which he overcame after two months. 5 days ago we did an ultrasound investigation and he had ...
12.09.2013
CF test?
As part of an infertility treatment it was found out by a gene test that my husband has a genetic disposition for cystic fibrosis. After ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection) we have a daughter. Besides a chronic recurring sinusitis with very viscous mucus she has no signs of a disease. I do not ...
11.09.2013
How would I benefit from the diagnosis of CF?
Hello, my physician assumes an atypical CF. I have an exocrine pancreatic insufficiency for years (elastase: 65), partly increased blood sugar. Even after removal of the gall bladder I still had gallbladder sludge in the bile duct. Now a fat liver has to be added, even if I do not eat food rich ...
19.08.2013
Sweat test in case of atopic eczema
Recently, a sweat test has been performed to my son (2.5 years old)...because of suspicion of CF...result was 45mmol/l...he also has severe atopic eczema, I have read that in case of atopic eczema the value can also be wrong....have great fear and I am totally insecure...Therefore my question, if ...
19.08.2013
Diagnosis cystic fibrosis in case of long-lasting irritable colon?
Hello, I am 26 years old, female and have since about 8 years strong and increasing complaints concerning the digestion. These are getting more and more worse and express themselves in chronic obstipation, which is hard to treat inspite of the use of Macrogol and MCP (Metoclopramid) and I have ...
15.08.2013
prenatal diagnosis
I read on INSERM [institue national de la santé et de la recherche médicale = French national institute for health and medical research] website that the ISET method developed by P.Paterlini-Brechot would be soon available. When? Thank you for your answer.
09.07.2013
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