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Test for CF
Hello, I have a rather simple question, does every child, who is undergoing a sweat test, suffer from CF? We had two IRT tests that were not in the normal range and now we have to undergo a sweat test. Is there any hope, that we are not having CF? Thank you and best regards,
02.04.2015
Risk for cystic fibrosis: carrier father, no carrier mother (??)
Hello, I am contacting you because I am pregnant in the 3rd month now and I have concerns about my baby and a possible disease. We have learned recently that my husband's niece (daughter of his sister) was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. We inquired about the disease and its transmission and had ...
13.03.2015
F508del/Normal Genotype and ENT symptoms
Hello, as I am heterozygous F508del / normal and had a sweat test of 59 in 2004 I was told that I am not sick but I have a treatment for nose and Eustachian tube problems that no longer works and causes a cholesteatoma. I am looking for a clear diagnosis. I live in the Var. Who to see?
08.03.2015
Early diagnostics
We know that our son (6 months old) has an increased risk for the illness of CF. A first screening test after birth did not show any hints for the disease and clinically he is up to now also totaly healthy. Now I want to know, if we should have a sweat test done nevertheless, to be able to start ...
02.03.2015
Mucus in the stool
Dear ladies and gentlemen, our son is now 13 weeks old. Since the second week that I stopped breast feeding, he has mucus in the stool. We have been in the hospital and have been discharged with the suspicion for cow's milk allergy and with a special milk. Abdominal pain, flatulence, ...
17.02.2015
Severe asthma or yet again something else?
Dear expert, I suffer from severe asthma. Every three months I get a severe asthma attack. Even inbetween, I have permanent cough, much sputum and problems to breathe. I have very many infections and every year at least two pneumonias. One could already speak about "permanent antibiotic ...
07.02.2015
Diagnosis respectively exclusion of CF at adult age
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I suffer since 2 years without cessation from strong cough with sputum (I am non-smoker), burning and tightness in the throat, hoarseness, cramps in the thoracic cage, back pain, a feeling of pressure in the upper abdominal tract, frequent diarrhea. The cough starts ...
24.01.2015
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
Possibilty for CF
I am 32 years old, father of 2 children, and the last 5 years I suffer from relapsing respiratory infections. As a kid I suffered from bronchiolitis/otitis and twice from pneumonia. At the age of 15 months I did a sweat test twice at the CF centre at “Aghia Sofia” Hospital and the values were ...
05.01.2015
cf
Dear ladies and gentlemen, At the heel prick of my son, they discovered a CF gene and in addition an increased value of something. We had to do a sweat test. My son was 3 weeks old at that time. Is this reliable? I read on the internet that it is reliable from 4 to 6 weeks. They also took a ...
22.12.2014
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