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Sweat test in case of food intolerance and atopic dermatits
Hello, my daughter has had a sweat test last week. The result was at 32. Is that still in the normal range? I have to mention, that she has an atopic dermatitis and a food intolerance. Cow's milk (step 3), chicken egg (step 4) and peanuts (step 3).
19.01.2016
blurry sinuses
Is it possible to have a negative CFTR sequence and totally negative sweat test (27 mmol/l). I am a 39 year old male. I have chronic sinusits for the last 4 years, especially during winter, spring and autumn. My vitamin D is rather low (26.8).
22.12.2015
salty sweat
I have a 14 month old boy who is still getting breastfeeding and has a diet rich in vegetables, fruits and meat. After reading about CF, I started gettting worried because his sweat is salty and he has persistent nose congestion. I wonder if these symptoms warrant a sweat test? When I kiss him on ...
22.12.2015
fatty stool
I have a 2.5 year-old son. Till his first year of life he was at 90th percentile of the weight-height curve, but now he is at the 50th. Last summer he had pneumonia for the first time and 2 months after diarrhea for 20 days that was treated with diet. Generally speaking he does not get sick easily. ...
22.12.2015
Best care possible
Hello dear expert team, after 5 years we dared once more to widen our family planning. Background: our daughter has been diagnosed to suffer from CF at the age of 4 months, is in treatment since and she is doing very well. She will be 6 years old, soon. Now I am in the 11th week of pregnancy ...
11.12.2015
CF?
Hello, my 3-year-old daughter has had several anal prolapses. She has quite some mucus in her throat up to 3 weeks after her colds. The sweat test was negative (27 nmol/l for the measurment of conductivity), regular stool elastase (over 500) and 50 mutatios in the test were negative. The mother ...
15.11.2015
Negative CFTR gene
Dear, If I have a negative CFTR gene sequencing and a negative sweat test, am I negative for Cystic Fibrosis? Although the symptoms (constipation, polyps in the nose, transparent and thick mucus in the nose?) My daughters have also symptoms (one with dwarfism and constipation, the second ...
26.10.2015
3849+10 Kb C /F508del
Hello I wanted to know if the Guthrie test detects primarily pulmonary cystic fibrosis? Knowing that this test is sensitive to pancreatic enzymes... Thank you
28.09.2015
Testing of baby when CF is diagnosed
Dear experts, My daughter (11 weeks old), was born on the 5th May 2015 with an intestinal obstruction. After three weeks the result of the genetic testing arrived: positive (cystic fibrosis). The CF center decided it was necessary to take Kreon© (pancreatin) for kids and to inhale solution of ...
12.09.2015
Possibility of CF
My son is 7 years old, has chronic cough and does not gain weight easily (he weighs 20 kg and is 119 cm tall). Can we as parents check if he has CF? I was told that if I taste his sweat I will find out. My son’s sweat is not that salty. I have visited a paediatric pneumunologist in Thessaloniki. ...
12.09.2015
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