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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hello, I have a little 2 years old boy with cystic fibrosis. What do you think of using a steam cleaner for home maintenance, is it dangerous to use? Are there risks of developping pseudomonas?
28.02.2013
hygiene
Hello, I have a two year old child with CF and was wondering since when did we become aware of the importance of hygiene? And if with all this chlorination does cystic fibrosis actually progress more slowly? Is there data on this subject? On the other hand if you are very strict concerning ...
18.02.2013
Snow
Hello, Is snow dangerous for people with cystic fibrosis? (in the sense that it can represent a large reservoir of stagnant water) Thank you.
04.02.2013
Pseudomonas and wind instruments
My daughter would like to learn one of the following instruments: flute (German flute), saxophone, clarinet, horn, trumpet. We are worried that a water bug (Pseudomonas) could colonize the instrument since these instruments cannot be cleaned very well. Is one of the instruments more suitable than ...
04.02.2013
Cross infection Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hello I am afraid of my daughter catching a pseudomonas infection in our cystic fibrosis center. The policy at the clinic does not separate patients with pseudomonas from patients without pseudomonas. Is this ok and what is recommended on other clinics? A concerned parent
18.02.2013
Hygiene
I have heard once, that study data on the question of infection with Pseudmonas in the household (e.g. via wet tooth brushes, flowerpots) is sparse and no statements on the risk of an infection can be made. In the field of hospital stays however, there would be much more studies on the risk of ...
22.01.2013
Swimming in pools
Since a year ago my child swims in an open pool all year long. Recently they started covering the pool with isothermic blankets (they spread them at night and roll them in at noon). Could this cause any trouble for my child? Need I pay any attention?
22.01.2013
Aerosol in an 18 months-old child
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been found for the first time in the sputum of my 18 months-old son. The CF Centre physicians have decided to treat him with twice daily nebulized antibiotics (15 minutes per nebulization). He totally refuses the nebulization and when I force him to do that, of course ...
21.01.2013
Danger
Dear expert team, I am the father of a daughter with CF (6). For some time, I have a romance with a young woman who also suffers from CF. She is Pseudomonas positive (mucoid form). Now my question: Can it come with the exchange of intimacies (kissing, ...) to the colonization of ...
21.01.2013
pseudomonas
I read one question posted here and it describes the condition of my child to the letter. My child is negative in all pharyngeal tests, except the summer ones, july +, august - (with treatment), with treatment negative tests (july-february), but in july positive. Does that mean permanent ...
14.01.2013
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