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CF
If you have been tested for CF as a child and this result was negative, can you then still get cystic fibrosis later on.
14.09.2010
CF possible?
Is it possible, and I am not expecting a diagnosis, that a 13-year-old girl without pulmonary symptoms, but with two instances of pancreatitis (salt content measurement of 62 mmol/l and 72 mmol/l, respectively) has cystic fibrosis? [Translator's comment: information that is only of local ...
13.09.2010
Mild/atypical cystic fibrosis
Dear expert team, our daughter was diagnosed with the R553x/IVS8-5T-TG12 mutations. QUESTION: Is there a difference between atypical and mild cystic fibrosis? Many thanks.
09.09.2010
Slight CFTR dysfunction
Hello, Many thanks for your answer concerning the R553x/IVS8-5T-TG12 mutations. [Comment: this refers to the question/answer pair “Atypical/mild cystic fibrosis” submitted in April, 2010.] Among other things, you told me that one has to reckon with slight CFTR dysfunctions with these ...
09.09.2010
Place of residence
Hello, your daughter (7 months old) has CF. We would like to move from Berlin into a little house in the "countryside" (small town). The treating clinic can be reached within a half hour. Our question is aiming at the climate in the countryside, which is located at the brink of a low moor area. ...
07.09.2010
Wind instrument
Our 5 year old child would like to learn a wind instrument. Is it good or bad for a CF patient to play a wind instrument with regards to the pressure on the lungs, etc.? And would it be better to use a plastic flute instead of a wooden flute since wood does not dry that quickly with regard to the ...
23.06.2010
CF in Asian countries
My child has lung problems that seem like CF. After screening for 34 mutations he seems to have one common CF mutation. Specific tests to look for other mutations and a nasal potential measurement are ongoing. Her father comes from Indonesia and I wonder whether Asian people carry other mutations ...
16.06.2010
Doubts about cystic fibrosis
My son is 5 years old. Since September 2009 he coughs continuously, his stools smell foul. Should I be worried?
21.04.2010
Race
How come CF mainly occurs in the white race
23.03.2010
Lung problems in CF
What causes cystic fibrosis lung disease?
23.03.2010
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