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To clarify or not
Our daughter is 2.5 years old and has had the fourth pneumonia. Once in hospital with RS virus. And she has frequent infections (scarlet fever, bronchitis), 11kg/100cm. The pediatrician is of the opinion, that a sweat test would not be necessary due to the lack of severity of the symptoms. ...
20.01.2017
Immunoreactive trypsin (IRT)
Hello does the IRT test remain significant for a 9-month-old baby? He has a growth retardation (weighing only 3.5 kg). His fecal elastase is positive and he suffers from abdominal distension. Thank you
16.01.2017
Symptoms of a toddler
My 2-year-old daughter has the following symptoms - my question is if it could be CF underlying and how this could be tested. She wakes up several times at night - 5 to 10 times -, very flat breathing with sounds, very light sleep, almost always a light cold, with rhinitis it is turning worse, ...
16.01.2017
CF without involvement of the lungs?
Dear ladies and gentlemen, my question is a bit strange, but it is preying on my mind. I am 29 years old, and I have problems with my digestion for about 12 years. Again and again constipation and diarrhea, flatulences and problems in digesting my food. All investigations were without success. ...
05.12.2016
Genetics
Hello, if a complete sequencing of the gene had been done 4 to 5 years ago, however the symptoms persist (mucus, colonization, pancreatic insufficieny, normal sweat test), does it make sense to have a new genetic investigation done after these years? Many thanks!
07.11.2016
Sweat test and diagnostic algorithm
Dear expert team, I have read the legal disclaimer and hope my question is possible. I do not want to get a diagnosis of course, however I am looking for further, additional expert opinions. Our son, 6 years old, is at the moment investigated for CF. This was because I had been on rehabilitation ...
07.11.2016
CF even without cough?
I am female, 27 years old, I have problems with breathing since childhood and physical exhaustion, infections. For about one year, I have food intolerances, for 5 months I am short of breath, I am vomiting viscous mucus, have mucous stools, GI-problems (even for a longer time), suddenly ...
16.07.2016
Sweat test and elastase activity and genetic is negative
Hello, I have a daughter who is 6 years old and another girl who is 4 years old. The 6-year-old girl has chronic constipation and two hernias (one in the inguinal area and the other in the abdomen). She is growing slowly. The little girl of 4 years had some rectal prolapses. Her sweat test ...
20.06.2016
CF???
Hello, I am worried abou my 15-months-old daughter. She is coughing since the middle of January. Sometimes with fever and sometimes without. Nothing seems to help (she is inhaling cortisone…ambroxol…cough syrups…)I have been with her to the pediatrician…in hospital…general ...
20.06.2016
White margin of sweat in case of sweating
Hello, I have the following question: It strikes to me, that my son (16 months old) has a white margin of sweat from sweating in case he had his dark hood on while sleeping for a long time in the buggy, just in the shape of his head. The margin also tastes salty. It did not strike to me until ...
20.06.2016
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