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Non conclusive sweat test
Hello, following a hospitalization for bronchitis with severe oxygen-dependent asthma crisis and analyzes of positive staphylo and pseudomonas in sputum, we carried out a sweat test. Unfortunately the data are not usable because not enough sweat. We have to do it again. My question is: if my ...
14.02.2017
Neonatal diagnostic
Hello, I would like to know to what extent a choriocentesis conducted for screening for cystic fibrosis can be reliable. Can not the sample be contaminated by the blood of the mother? Is it mandatory to wait at least for the 10th week of pregnancy to perform choriocentesis? Without counting the ...
14.02.2017
2 times bronchitis
Hello, I have had two bronchitis in two and a half months. Does it mean that I have cystic fibrosis because I had a lot of bronchitis in the past? Thank you
14.02.2017
Cough
Hello, What is the cystic fibrosis characteristic cough? After a pneumonia, can a chronic but daily dry cough be thought to be typical for cystic fibrosis? Thank you Best regards
14.02.2017
To clarify or not
Our daughter is 2.5 years old and has had the fourth pneumonia. Once in hospital with RS virus. And she has frequent infections (scarlet fever, bronchitis), 11kg/100cm. The pediatrician is of the opinion, that a sweat test would not be necessary due to the lack of severity of the symptoms. ...
20.01.2017
Immunoreactive trypsin (IRT)
Hello does the IRT test remain significant for a 9-month-old baby? He has a growth retardation (weighing only 3.5 kg). His fecal elastase is positive and he suffers from abdominal distension. Thank you
16.01.2017
Symptoms of a toddler
My 2-year-old daughter has the following symptoms - my question is if it could be CF underlying and how this could be tested. She wakes up several times at night - 5 to 10 times -, very flat breathing with sounds, very light sleep, almost always a light cold, with rhinitis it is turning worse, ...
16.01.2017
CF without involvement of the lungs?
Dear ladies and gentlemen, my question is a bit strange, but it is preying on my mind. I am 29 years old, and I have problems with my digestion for about 12 years. Again and again constipation and diarrhea, flatulences and problems in digesting my food. All investigations were without success. ...
05.12.2016
Genetics
Hello, if a complete sequencing of the gene had been done 4 to 5 years ago, however the symptoms persist (mucus, colonization, pancreatic insufficieny, normal sweat test), does it make sense to have a new genetic investigation done after these years? Many thanks!
07.11.2016
Sweat test and diagnostic algorithm
Dear expert team, I have read the legal disclaimer and hope my question is possible. I do not want to get a diagnosis of course, however I am looking for further, additional expert opinions. Our son, 6 years old, is at the moment investigated for CF. This was because I had been on rehabilitation ...
07.11.2016
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