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- ABPA_Aspergillus
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- physiotherapy
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Topics
- CF and the wish to have a family
- Hello, I am 29-years old and have CF and for 15 years also diabetes (however, I am in a realtive good health status: FEV1 is differing between 74% and 83% according to infections, allergy against polls). I am very sportive (running, Mountain-biking, sports in the mountains: climbing, walking, ...
- 03.10.2015
- Prenatal diagnosis
- Hello, We have a 5 year-old daughter who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of 4 months. Since this day we have been in safe hands in terms of medical and physiotherapeutic care. Our daughter is fine, till today she has not had any evidence of problematic germs. We have our ...
- 13.09.2015
- Genotype 7T/7T
- My husband was tested for mutations in the CFTR gene, and in the results it writes: “ the genotype 7T/7T was detected in the sample in relation to the polymorphic region of the CFTR gene”. Does the above mean that my husband is a carrier of the disease? The reason for him being tested was ...
- 19.09.2015
- Amniocentesis
- I was checked for >98% of CF mutations and I was found to carry the DF508 one. I am pregnant, therefor my husband was checked as well. If the results are negative, then the fetus has a 50% chance to be a carrier? If my husband is found to carry the same gene, then there is a 25% chance for the ...
- 14.08.2015
- Symptoms of rare mutations in our baby
- My husband and I are both carriers of a CF mutation and I'm pregnant. We were told, there is a 25% chance that our baby could inherit our two mutations and we want to know what symptoms the child may have if this is the case. My F508del mutation is common (with R668C variant, which should not be ...
- 01.08.2015
- Amniocentesis
- Is always tested for CF when doing an amniocentesis [In Germany]?
- 28.07.2015
- Stopping birth control
- My friend, now 35 years old, is born with CF. It is said that people with CF are infertile, now my question is: Can I stop taking birth control pills? We do not want to have children ...
- 28.06.2015
- hyperechogenic bowel
- I am 22 weeks pregnant with my second child and during the ultrasound a hyperechogenic bowel was detected with no other indication of a chromosome anomaly. I am 33 years old and the chance for a down syndrome is 1:2500. I was tested for 90% of CF mutations and I am waiting for the results. If I am ...
- 06.01.2015
- IVF with ovocyte donor
- We intend to proceed within the next few months to IVF with ovocyte donation. My husband was tested for 50 basic CF mutations and was found concerning the intron 8-5T/7T/9T to be a carrier of 5T/9T polymorphic tracts. The results for the other subtypes were normal (for the subtype R117H in ...
- 10.01.2015
- Desire to have children
- Dear Sir, dear Madam, I am an 18-year-old woman. My boyfriend is almost 18 and has CF. He takes medication but has little to no complaints. We are professionally and financially both doing well and we would like to have a baby. I have two questions: I know that the chance to get pregnant ...
- 04.11.2014