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Cystic fibrosis-prenatal diagnostics
Dear team, I would like to know whether I can test my unborn child for cystic fibrosis during pregnancy and if so, with which test? Thank you for your answer.
19.07.2012
CFTR mutation and CBAVD
My 18 year old son has been treated for a thyroid carcinoma. Before the treatment he had a sperm analysis. The conslusion was a diagnosis of azoospermia related to a congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens. So he underwent an analysis of CFTR gene mutation. A mild CFTR mutation was identified. ...
02.07.2012
Infertility in females
Are there percentages known about how common decreased fertility is in women with a mild form of CF?
05.06.2012
Menopause
Dear doctor, I’m a woman 40 years of age and I have cystic fibrosis. I used to have my menses every 28 days, but recently they came less often and then now I do have my menses just after 2 weeks again. Is this the beginning of menopause? Do patients with CF have an earlier menopause? ...
29.05.2012
Pending diagnosis
Hello, Following two semen analyzes showing azoospermia, I performed a testicular ultrasound which revealed bilateral absence of the vas deferens and a genetic analysis of the CFTR gene. I received the first "transient" results indicating that I carry the F508del mutation. My blood sample has ...
22.05.2012
Pregnancy and CF
I am a CF patient, 36 years old and turning 37 in April, married and already have two children (12 and 8 years old). Now it “happened” again: I am pregnant again. If I were healthy, I would be very happy, but I have CF. Last year I was in very bad health after a severe lung bleeding, but I ...
14.05.2012
Male with cbavd, woman no abnormalities on the CFTR gene. What are the consequences?
Because we wanted to start a family, but no children came, we went to a fertility centre. Tests revealed that there was no sperm in the ejaculate. Further tests revealed absence of the vas deferens and small seminal vesicles. Genetic tests revealed an abnormality in the CFTR gene. I am 33 years ...
08.05.2012
CF yes or no?
Dear, I am a 35-year old man. Because we had problems starting a family, I had tests done. I seem to have F508del and R117H in combination with 7T/gT. Whether I do have a vas deferens? Different answer by different urologists, from ‘not present’ to ‘one sided absence’. In any case, I do ...
03.05.2012
Menopause and hormone replacement therapy in CF
Hello, Which modifications of the disease can menopause cause (I am 53 years old)? Would a hormone replacement therapy have positive or negative effects?
02.05.2012
Getting pregnant with CF -2-
Hello, 1. I would like to know, since you keep hearing different things about this, whether it is true that women with CF show a decline in lung function which they cannot recover due to a pregnancy. 2. Which type of sports should one do during pregnancy and how often in order to keep the lungs ...
22.03.2012
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