Carrier (or genetic) testing not only plays a key role in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, but testing also allows parents to find out what their chances are of having a child with CF to help inform ...

Chest X-ray or CT scan if your child has respiratory infection symptoms. Prescribing any needed medications or treatments. Oral glucose tolerance test: Starting at age 10, your child will have this ...

I spent my childhood and young adulthood being told I was “too young and healthy” to be dealing with the health issues I experienced. But as an adult, I was determined to find answers, and eventually, ...

Results are usually available in 1–2 days. If your child has a sweat chloride level of more than 60 millimoles per liter, it's considered abnormal and indicates a high likelihood of cystic fibrosis, ...

1Equally disturbing is a small but increasing experience in cystic fibrosis clinics of the child, diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis, whom on review—often years later—is found to be normal.2 With the ...

He also has cystic fibrosis. I want the people I hate to know ... I want them to fathom telling a child no amount of treatment can make his disease go away, that people with CF are so likely ...

Patients aged 6 to 11 years with cystic fibrosis receiving 24-week once-daily vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor generally ...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis is the most common inherited disease with a fatal ... whereas disease severity of the child and subjective health perception did not show any influence. CONCLUSIONS The ...

Other kids don't have symptoms until later on. Cystic fibrosis can be mild or severe, depending on the person. Newborn screening tests catch most cases of CF. If the screening test is positive, or if ...

Seattle Children’s takes an active approach to caring for children with cystic fibrosis (CF) so they can grow up as healthy as possible. We see your child regularly, closely monitor symptoms and ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease that affects glands throughout the body. It mostly affects the lungs and the pancreas. The condition makes breathing difficult, causes lung infections and prevents ...