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Possibility for CF
- Question
- Dr. Doudounakis,
I am sorry to trouble you again, but I am writing you again and again because I am very worried. It is about the child that did the sweat test at Rio Hospital with the result of 59. I was told by the laboratory there that their reference values are higher (0-60 for normal) because they measure both sodium and clorium. Do you think I must be worried, given the fact that the genetic testing of the child for 95% of the CF mutations came up negative? We have tried at least 10 times to do another sweat test but the child does not sweat. - Answer
- Dear friend,
You visited our CF center, where we perfomed a sweat test to your child with the mehtod of iontophoresis of pilocarpine. The sweat quantity was sufficient and the results were normal (Cl: 30 mmol/lt). This puts all your worries to rest and closes the subject in a most satisfactory way. Your child does not have CF.
Yours friendly,
Dr. Stavros Doudounakis - 15.11.2012
