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Klebsiella species in the bowel
How can I find out why Klebsiella species have multiplied so massively and unhealthily in my bowel? Mutaflor® helps, however I fear that after finishing the treatment without getting rid of the cause everythings starts again.
30.04.2014
Variations of blood sugar values
Dear CF team, I have no proven diabetes in case of CF. The regularly performed OGTT (oral gulcose tolerance test) has been borderline for years, never unambiguously too high. The fasting blood sugar values are between 105 and 138. Insulin donation for the night has been discussed, however the ...
29.04.2014
Green stool
Hello, does one have to worry if the color of the stool is greenish? I do however not have diarrhea with that. I did not eat vegetables, either. I am 27 years old.
29.04.2014
Pankreatin
Hello, I would be interested in your opinion about the enzyme therapy of our pancreatic insufficient son. He gets Kreon® in a dosage of 4000 untis per gram fat. However, he has often fat in the stool and gains weight awfully bad. How high can the dosage of Kreon® be? Would it make sense to ...
29.04.2014
mutation delF508 / R553X
My son (8 years old) suffers for years from gastrointestinal problems. For him as a CF patient, lung problems are not the main focus. He has already had an ileus 2 times (as a consequence resection of 50 cm of the gut), furthermore an exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, an enlargement of the spleen ...
28.04.2014
Manuka Honey
I have read a paper explaining that Manuka honey could not work in CF patients because it can not be inhaled and when taken orally, it would not reach the lung. I am not scientist, hence perpaps this is a silly question, but why can manuka honey not reach the lung when taken orally, but oral ...
08.04.2014
nutrition in infant with cf
Dear doctors, my 4 months old daughter had been recently diagnosed with cf. Sheis pancreatic insufficient, as diagnosed by her doctor. Kindly advise on the following: 1. her stools are still very loose, fatty and smelly regardless she takes pancreatic enzymes with every meal. Since ...
24.03.2014
Pancreatic insufficiency without steatorrhea or other symptom
Hello, my child was recently diagnosed with CF and pancreatic insufficiency (pancreatase < 50) at age 12. He used to exhibit the symptoms described for pancreatic insufficiency (fatty and many stools, smelly flatulence, tummy aches etc) to some degree until four years ago, but upon regular ...
24.03.2014
Strongly increased fat excretion of our son (4y)
Dear expert team, in the frame of two stool fat collections an increased excretion of fat (up to 45%) has been diagnosed. More than one year ago, this value was however much lower. We ask ourselves, if such a deterioration is "normal". Our son "chews" the Kreon always 2-3 times, before he ...
16.02.2014
Anal prolapse
Dear expert team, our daughter has CF and takes Kreon at hear meals! She has frequently an anal prolapse when having bowel movements (we have been told that this would be normal in CF and not serious, if it involutes spontaneously) - which is the case. She is otherwise not taking anything else ...
10.02.2014
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