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Grommets (tympanic tubes) in case of CF
Hello Dr. Mainz, 3 months ago, grommets have been placed in both ears of our son, as he had an impairment of hearing. As one of those grommets got out of place now, another one should be placed in 2 weeks. We read your answer that tympanic tubes are not favorable in case of CF. What should we do ...
03.11.2014
Grommets (tympanic tubes) yes or no?
Hello, Our 4-year-old daughter suffers from CF! She has an impairment of hearing caused by mucus behind the ear (probably due to a precedent otitis media)! At first, we were told to wait and have a control after 3 months, if the finding will not improve: grommets…. Now we have 2 opinions, ...
06.10.2014
CF and cortisone
Dear expert team, as a CF patient with severe allergic asthma (trees, grasses, fungus spores) I face the problem to be forced to reduce the cortinsone (prednisone 10 mg daily / symbicort 200® (budesonide and formoterol) 3puffs 3 times daily) that I take for 10 years, due to recurrent ...
08.07.2014
Renal insufficiency stadium II
Partly increased creatinin values in the blood (85/94/96/100), measurement of the glomerular filtration rate according to the MDRD formula (67ml/min/body surface on the 9th december 2013, on the 24th february 2014 - 62.7) at a control done by the general practitioner. These values fluctuate and ...
30.06.2014
Flight travel and blocked nose
Dear experts, we are flying to Florida (9 hours) with our daughter (10 years old). She has a blocked nose for a longer time, that is treated with the PariSinus® device and nasal shower and nasal cortinsone. She always has great pain during landing. Can one do even more? Is such a long air ...
24.06.2014
Stiching in the knee
Hello, I am 39 years old and have CF/diabetes, I would like to know what it is about concerning stiching knee pain and an infection of the lung. Is there any correlation there? I observe this for some years now. I only know that there are some CF patients who suffer from arthritis or ...
14.05.2014
Inflammation of the salivary glands?
Hello, My son (7 years old) suffers from CF and has an inflammation of the salivary gland for 4 weeks, he has been given antibiotics and it did not help. We have been to the ENT doctor and he said that this would rather be a typical finding in CF.????? An ultrasound has been done, however there ...
30.04.2014
4th operation of the sinuses?
I face the question to have our son be operated at the sinuses for the 4th time. [Remark of the translator: I left out the name of a German hospital that was considered for the operation]
30.04.2014
Strong cough at night
Hello, I have a 6-year-old daughter with CF and she is coughing for nearly 2 months, at day time less and at night time very much. What can I do for relief? She is taking antibiotics for the whole year with only few pauses, thus steadily. From the cough blocker noscapin she gets stomach ache. ...
03.02.2014
Blood pressure and heart rate in children with cystic fibrosis
Hello Can cystic fibrosis cause problems of blood pressure and / or elevated heart rate in CF adolescents (110 beats / min, he is 14 years old)? Are the two related? If so, would there be a link between cause and effect? Early infection or something else? Thank you very much in advance for your ...
23.12.2013
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