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- Question
- If the lungs have not been affected yet at the age of 25, what is the probability that it will happen eventually?
- Answer
- Dear questioner,
This question is very aspecific. It is therefore impossible to formulate a good answer.
First of all, it depends which techniques were used to decide that the lungs are not yet affected.
Furthermore, it depends on whether it concerns a person with mutations that do cause cystic fibrosis, or mutations in the CFTR gene that for example only cause infertility in men (for example: R117H-7T).
In the section “atypical CF” on this site you will find more information about this complex topic.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. K. De Boeck - 04.02.2013
