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There are a number of posters on this site that had negative sweat tests, but positive genetic screenings.
False negatives are very possible with sweat tests. Since your son has digestive problems, and you know you are a carrier, I would also recommend that he have blood tests done. Depending...
Get tested. You have a family history of CF and your daughter has symptoms. Find a center on the CFF.org website and get your daughter tested (be sure to get it done at a CF center)!
Genetics breakdown...
Identical twins (or higher order multiple). Since they have the same genetic makeup - it's the same odds as a single birth - one in four (the twins will either both have CF (25%), both be carriers (of the same gene - 50%), or both carry no CF gene at all (25%))...
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>B/c I mean these are teeny tiny streaks</end quote></div>
Are you coughing more frequently and with more force than you used to?
I am the woman with the linkage...
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.transaveinc.com/news/2006-3-21.cfm">Transave's Press Release</a>
We've had compressors do this before (The SportNeb) - it meant that some of the internal parts had become worn. At the same time, we noticed that the time to do neb treatments had been slowly creeping up.
I think it would probably be best to have it taken in for service.
Another poster agreeing that the post should not have been locked.
Generally, when someone says they're posting it here so it can't be ignored... it means they HAVE tried other methods.
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