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Recent content by GertA~mom~of~5

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    Atypical CF? Mild? Or maybe not?

    Does anyone have of know what could possibly be synptoms of atypical or mild CF? My oldest son, who is about to be 7, has for all his life had repeats respitory infections. He has severe bronchitis at least two to three times a year, and always has a nasal infection. My other 4 never catch it...
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    Positive Newborn Screening for CF

    Thank you both for replying. His sweat test came back normal at an 11, and that he is a carrier. But I'm still conserned. With the first arm they didn't get enough sweat and the second they said they got barley enough. The doctors and genetic counselor assured me that he does not have cf, but...
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    Positive Newborn Screening for CF

    My son was born October 6th, and we got the news last week that his newborn screening came back positive for CF. He had an IRT level of 84 and they found that he has a heterozygous G551D gene. We go for a sweat test on Wednesday to find out for sure. Its been a week of worry...he seems fine, hes...
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