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sweat test menestration

Alyssa

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I have never heard anything about hormones effecting a sweat test - very few things can - usually just some really rare immune disorder type things, but nothing as ordinary as menstruation or hormones.

Please read my blog as it might be info you will need to know -- my daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because she has a "normal" sweat test number -- we were told she had "asthma with productive cough" .... had they done genetic testing on her, she could have received the correct treatment for those 8 years instead of letting lung infections go untreated thinking it was the "productive cough" part!

Be sure to ask what your number is, be very suspicious of anything in the double digits - there are a lot of people on here with numbers in the 20's (a few down in the teens and fewer still with some single digits) so don't just let them tell you "normal" and forget it - ask for genetic testing.
 

Alyssa

New member
I have never heard anything about hormones effecting a sweat test - very few things can - usually just some really rare immune disorder type things, but nothing as ordinary as menstruation or hormones.

Please read my blog as it might be info you will need to know -- my daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because she has a "normal" sweat test number -- we were told she had "asthma with productive cough" .... had they done genetic testing on her, she could have received the correct treatment for those 8 years instead of letting lung infections go untreated thinking it was the "productive cough" part!

Be sure to ask what your number is, be very suspicious of anything in the double digits - there are a lot of people on here with numbers in the 20's (a few down in the teens and fewer still with some single digits) so don't just let them tell you "normal" and forget it - ask for genetic testing.
 

Alyssa

New member
I have never heard anything about hormones effecting a sweat test - very few things can - usually just some really rare immune disorder type things, but nothing as ordinary as menstruation or hormones.

Please read my blog as it might be info you will need to know -- my daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because she has a "normal" sweat test number -- we were told she had "asthma with productive cough" .... had they done genetic testing on her, she could have received the correct treatment for those 8 years instead of letting lung infections go untreated thinking it was the "productive cough" part!

Be sure to ask what your number is, be very suspicious of anything in the double digits - there are a lot of people on here with numbers in the 20's (a few down in the teens and fewer still with some single digits) so don't just let them tell you "normal" and forget it - ask for genetic testing.
 

Alyssa

New member
I have never heard anything about hormones effecting a sweat test - very few things can - usually just some really rare immune disorder type things, but nothing as ordinary as menstruation or hormones.

Please read my blog as it might be info you will need to know -- my daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because she has a "normal" sweat test number -- we were told she had "asthma with productive cough" .... had they done genetic testing on her, she could have received the correct treatment for those 8 years instead of letting lung infections go untreated thinking it was the "productive cough" part!

Be sure to ask what your number is, be very suspicious of anything in the double digits - there are a lot of people on here with numbers in the 20's (a few down in the teens and fewer still with some single digits) so don't just let them tell you "normal" and forget it - ask for genetic testing.
 

Alyssa

New member
I have never heard anything about hormones effecting a sweat test - very few things can - usually just some really rare immune disorder type things, but nothing as ordinary as menstruation or hormones.

Please read my blog as it might be info you will need to know -- my daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because she has a "normal" sweat test number -- we were told she had "asthma with productive cough" .... had they done genetic testing on her, she could have received the correct treatment for those 8 years instead of letting lung infections go untreated thinking it was the "productive cough" part!

Be sure to ask what your number is, be very suspicious of anything in the double digits - there are a lot of people on here with numbers in the 20's (a few down in the teens and fewer still with some single digits) so don't just let them tell you "normal" and forget it - ask for genetic testing.
 

madencanada

New member
i had the sweat test at local hospital..beause of ongoing lung infections etc.. i really didn't think to much of it at the time ..thinking it would be negative ... anyway i've seen a nurse [ community genetic testing ] all apart of the process to go through family history... had pft test done .. stool sample too!! don't know the results yet .. doc appt next week.. any how waiting for a call from cystic fibrosis foundation in the city.. my doctor wants to do alot of testing here first.. thats ok with me ... its just a slow process a little upsetting.. i think that my doctor was shocked when i had a possitive result too! i'm off work right because i've been sick so i've got to much time on my hands!!1 take care talk to ya soon
 

madencanada

New member
i had the sweat test at local hospital..beause of ongoing lung infections etc.. i really didn't think to much of it at the time ..thinking it would be negative ... anyway i've seen a nurse [ community genetic testing ] all apart of the process to go through family history... had pft test done .. stool sample too!! don't know the results yet .. doc appt next week.. any how waiting for a call from cystic fibrosis foundation in the city.. my doctor wants to do alot of testing here first.. thats ok with me ... its just a slow process a little upsetting.. i think that my doctor was shocked when i had a possitive result too! i'm off work right because i've been sick so i've got to much time on my hands!!1 take care talk to ya soon
 

madencanada

New member
i had the sweat test at local hospital..beause of ongoing lung infections etc.. i really didn't think to much of it at the time ..thinking it would be negative ... anyway i've seen a nurse [ community genetic testing ] all apart of the process to go through family history... had pft test done .. stool sample too!! don't know the results yet .. doc appt next week.. any how waiting for a call from cystic fibrosis foundation in the city.. my doctor wants to do alot of testing here first.. thats ok with me ... its just a slow process a little upsetting.. i think that my doctor was shocked when i had a possitive result too! i'm off work right because i've been sick so i've got to much time on my hands!!1 take care talk to ya soon
 

madencanada

New member
i had the sweat test at local hospital..beause of ongoing lung infections etc.. i really didn't think to much of it at the time ..thinking it would be negative ... anyway i've seen a nurse [ community genetic testing ] all apart of the process to go through family history... had pft test done .. stool sample too!! don't know the results yet .. doc appt next week.. any how waiting for a call from cystic fibrosis foundation in the city.. my doctor wants to do alot of testing here first.. thats ok with me ... its just a slow process a little upsetting.. i think that my doctor was shocked when i had a possitive result too! i'm off work right because i've been sick so i've got to much time on my hands!!1 take care talk to ya soon
 

madencanada

New member
i had the sweat test at local hospital..beause of ongoing lung infections etc.. i really didn't think to much of it at the time ..thinking it would be negative ... anyway i've seen a nurse [ community genetic testing ] all apart of the process to go through family history... had pft test done .. stool sample too!! don't know the results yet .. doc appt next week.. any how waiting for a call from cystic fibrosis foundation in the city.. my doctor wants to do alot of testing here first.. thats ok with me ... its just a slow process a little upsetting.. i think that my doctor was shocked when i had a possitive result too! i'm off work right because i've been sick so i've got to much time on my hands!!1 take care talk to ya soon
 
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