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CF and sailing yacht?
Hello, We are thinking about buying a small yacht (sailboat) for our vacations. However, we have a daughter (5 years old) with CF. We are a bit worried about the bacterial load in the water tanks used for showering, washing, etc. Is it sufficient to put chlorine additives or other, similar ...
22.10.2013
Bleach
Does bleach (household) kill bacteria, etc., on contact, or must the surface remain wet for a certain amount of time? Thanks.
21.10.2013
synchronized swimming
My 9 year-old CF daughter practices synchronized swimming for the first year. After discussion with the CF centre, the doctor told me that there were no problems if precautions for public pools were respected. However, I wonder if other children or people practice the sport and know their ...
21.10.2013
Positive effect of thermal water
Dear expert team, We live close to a thermal bath that advertises, among other things, the mucolytic and curative effects of its thermal water as well as a brine floating pool and brine inhalation. Could regular visits be beneficial to our daughter (2 years old, CF)? Or would the warm, humid ...
21.10.2013
Drying clothes
Hello. How long takes the pyo to develop in clothes? My question is, on the one hand, related to the drying of laundry out of the washing machine and, the other in connection with the use of towels and hand towels. What about if you forget the clothes clean but still wet in the dryer? Is there a ...
21.10.2013
fruits and vegetables
Hello, how well do I have to clean the fruits and vegetables to avoid contact with germs at risk? Is it possible to wash them with chlorinated water and in which concentration? We will soon start food diversification of our baby with cystic fibrosis and we would like to prepare his meals, but ...
21.10.2013
Inhalation in case of resistant Pseudmonas
My son is 33 years old, mutation genotype deltaF508 and R553x. He has inhaled colistin for decades and now his Pseudomonas germs are resistant. Furthermore I ask myself if it is not possible however, that in case of such a long exposure colistin passes minmally the blood-brain barrier as he ...
21.10.2013
Nasal spray
Hello, I had asked a question to you about the nasal spray sometimes ago, but my question was not good. I wanted to know how long the spray can be open before there is a risk of finding Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the spray. You said “2 months”. Do you think that the spray could not be used after ...
15.10.2013
Salads in bag
Hello We ask a question about salads in bags in which there is always a little stagnant humidity especially in a plant environment. Do you think it is possible that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa proliferates there and we have to, by precautionary measure, favor whole salads to prepare? Thank you  ...
30.09.2013
Ionic exchanger as a water softening device for the water used in the house
Hello, We do have extremely calciferous water here. Our neighbours had a water damage now for the first time because of the calcination of the water pipes. I am wondering if the installation of an ionic exchanger is possible. Short description of its function: Calciferous water flows into ...
12.08.2013
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