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Pneumonias
Dear expert, I suffer from severe asthma which has proven to be almost completely resistant to therapy. The only thing that brings relief are high oral dosages of cortisone. Lung function is permanently limited. I have about three pneumonias per year in addition to several other infections. One ...
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
DNA
How many DNA variants are examined when CF is suspected?
23.03.2010
IRT value
Hello! Since our 3 year old son has CF (del-F508 mutation) our newborn baby (35th week of pregnancy) was screened more extensively. As a result we were told that the IRT value is unremarkable. We assumed, thus, that CF can be excluded. But sometime a sweat test is planned to be done. Wouldn’t ...
23.03.2010
Sweat test
Can an abnormal sweat test also point towards diseases other than CF?
22.03.2010
Cystic Fibrosis
My son had a negative CF test some years ago. He’s being retested now, could the test become positive ? Thanks for your answer, Liane Kips.
28.01.2010
Newborn screening
Hello, we have three children. Our daughter, 10 years old, has CF (delta F-508-unknown), our sandwich child is healthy and our youngest child was born in July 2009. In his case a newborn screening also looking for CF was done. Since we have not heard anything from the clinic by now we are ...
23.01.2010
polyps in a 10-year-old child
My 10-year-old son more than two years ago underwent for the first time polipectomy (choanal polyp in a right nasal cavity). Since that time he underwent polipectomy twice and right now his nose is blocked again, so I expect more polyps. He is constantly supervised by laryngologist, but I do worry ...
08.02.2010
CF despite negative gene test?
Hello, I have a question for you and hope you can help me with it. Our daughter (3 years old now) had to struggle with bronchitis and pneumonia from last fall almost continuously until May/June. Pap smears of the sputum did not provide any conclusions about the reason/germ… She took ...
19.11.2009
Also CF?
My daughter is 14 years old, and physically disabled (exstrophy of the cloacae). In the last years she has had many pneumonias, often bronchitis, problems with diarrhoe...In the mean time she has been diagnosed with: extreme short stature, asthma, celiac disease (not approved via investigation of ...
09.11.2009
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