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Water spray
Hello, Do you recommend water sprays that are sold in the pharmacy (e.g. Evian, Avène…) in order to moisten the skin of CF adolescents after sport or when the weather is hot and sticky, or is there a danger to be contaminated? Many thanks.
01.08.2011
Visit of the zoo (tropical landscape)
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I would like to visit the zoo with my son (CF) in the city of Leipzig, Germany. This zoo has as an attraction a tropical section with high humidity, which is, according to my view, generated via finely nebulized water. Which measure could I undertake in order to ...
01.08.2011
pseudomonas
Hi my daughter is 3 years and pseudomonas is found for the second time in 2 months. Our center offers the same treatment again (4weeks of tobi inhalations and ciprofloxacin) it didn´t remove the pseudomonas this time and i am affraid it will not take it this time. I am aware that other centers ...
27.06.2011
swimming
We will soon visit friends who have a new pool treated not with chlorine but with salt. They certify that their water is very clean but I do not know if my daughters (both have CF) can bath safely. The hospital that follows them has no clear answer to me, and it seems that there are no studies on ...
20.06.2011
Safety to swim in stagnant water
I have a question whether CF patients are not allowed to swim in stagnant water. And how is it with swimming in the sea?
09.06.2011
spray
I want to know if we can use a diffuser to refresh our son (cystic fibrosis) when it is hot? Thank you for your reply
08.06.2011
Outdoor swimming pool
Hello, our daughter (16 months old and CF patient in a stable health condition) loves water and taking a bath. Since the diagnosis has been made, we have not visited an indoor-/outdoor swimming pool because of the possible danger of Pseudomonas. We would not go to bathing lakes as well as ...
08.06.2011
Heat and damp cloth
Hello. It is very hot and to lower the temperature, I used to wet a towel and dry it on a chair in the living room. Is it dangerous for my baby of 6 months? Does she risk infection with p. aeruginoa ?
07.06.2011
staphylococcus aureus
My daughter is colonized by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She finished an intravenous antibiotics course one month ago and she has already bronchial obstruction and dyspnea. If we manage to eliminate staphylococcus, will P. aeruginosa be less aggressive? Which antibiotics will ...
23.05.2011
Soakaway (soakage pit)
Dear expert team, We are planning a summer holiday with our 13-year-old daughter (CF) in a holiday home in a rural area in France. The house is not connected to the sewerage but has a soakaway that is about 20 m away. Could this be an inconvenience with regards to Pseudomonas or other bacteria? ...
23.05.2011
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