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Mucus
Good afternoon, My son was born after 25 weeks of gestation. He is now 4 years old and he continues to have problems with his airways. He had pneumonia, he has been admitted to hospital with RS virus when he was 2 years old, he had many airway infections, whooping cough. Now he has been coughing ...
03.05.2012
Sweat test
What is the norm of the sweat tets? When the result of sweat test is normal, and when is abnormal?
02.05.2012
Different sweat test results?
Hello, I am writing concerning my four-year-old son, who was born prematurely in the 30th week of pregnancy and has had recurring infections of the bronchia ever since. He has also had pneumonia three times so far. Until now, he has always been treated for chronic bronchitis. For further ...
02.05.2012
A Friends child
I suspect that a friends 1 yr old might have CF, he is ill every week, has had a cough since he was tiny, sicks up mucus and she tells me his stools are/were greasy. The only thing that buts doubt in my mindf is he is a very healthy weigh. I have hinted and even mentioned CF once but each time ...
24.04.2012
CF possible?
My son is now three years old. Since infancy and still today, he has been having problems with recurring bronchitis and croup attacks. Suspicions have ranged from asthma to allergies etc., but so far nobody has been able to really help us. Additionally, he has been having constant diarrhea since ...
28.02.2012
Heterozygous mutation in the CFTR gene
Hello, In my son (4 years 11 months, developed according to age) a heterozygous misincorporation c.1408G>A (p.V470M) in exon 11 of the CFTR gene was identified. The background: Since a lobar pneumonia two years ago that was treated in the hospital, my son has been suffering from numerous ...
14.02.2012
negative sweat test
I would like to ask if an child with asthma and negative sweat test must be tested in some other way, in order to exclude CF as a possible cause for the slow development of the child.
23.01.2012
negative sweat test and asthma
I have a child with asthma. The development curves are below normal. The sweat test was negative. I was tested for CF mutations with negative results. Is there any chance that my child may have CF? Can we do any other tests?
23.01.2012
negative sweat test
I have a 4 year old child, born at 34 weeks with caesarian section with no health problems. I was always on the lowest development curves. Both parents are 1.65m tall and we were told not to worry. Last year the child had a pneumonia and the doctor recommended a sweat test, which was negative. I ...
23.01.2012
CF and IRT results
Our daughter is 30 days old. We did an IRT test twice. The first result was 195 and the second one 117. Based on the above what are the chances for our daughter to be a carrier of a CF mutation, or for her to suffer from CF. We will do a sweat test and DNA testing. We, the parents, do not know if ...
23.01.2012
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