I wasn't diagnosed with CF until I was 11, since there
was no family history; I was diagnosed as having
allegies, sinuitis, you name it. I continued to gain
weight and was generally healthy until I was about 10,
11, when my pediatrician suggested a sweat test.
Thankfully I hand't had any lung infection up until
that point, but I think it's probably a good idea to
know as soon as possible. You might want to wait until
she's a little bit older so that the results are more
definitive, though. Check with a pulmonologist.
Good luck and my prayers are with you!
Emily

--- Rachael H <gothserpentangel@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Some CFers do not show many signs, or any signs of
> the CF, until they are
> much older.
> Because she is so young the sweat test is not
> reliable. If it shows a
> negative this does not mean she definitely does not
> have CF. A re-test might
> need to be done later in life when she is older,
> and/or a DNA test (which
> can be useful for seeing if she is a carrier too).
> There is a possibility that you are also a carrier
> like your sister, yes.
> But I think its only a 2/4 chance or a 1/4 chance of
> you being a carrier.
> If both your partner and yourself are a carrier then
> your daughter has a 1/4
> chances of having CF, a 2/4 chance of being a
> carrier, and a 1/4 chance of
> being not a carrier (and therefore no CF either!).
> Hopefully your partner is
> not a carrier, which therefore means your daughter
> does not have CF.
> Good luck and keep us updated!! My thought and
> prayers are with you,
>
> ~ Rach
>
>
> On 1/20/07, Danielle Rose Quigley
> <daniellerose217@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I found this group in hopes of some answers. My
> daughter was born
> > Dec.27,2006. Her heel stick test has screened a
> positive result for
> > one CF mutation. I have to have a sweat test done
> on her. As of now-
> > She is almost a month old and has no symptoms- She
> does not taste
> > salty, she has normal stools and she has gained
> two pounds and two
> > inches since birth. I guess I am just unsure of
> the chances of her not
> > having CF. There is NO history of it on either
> side, However my sister
> > is a carrier for it- so I suppose I am as well. I
> guess my question is
> > this- Is there any chance that she is just a
> carrier herself??
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> It was recently discovered that research causes
> cancer in rats.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>


Emily M. DeArdo (614) 216-4766
"Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?" --Henry Ward Beecher




________________________________________________________________________________\
____
Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate
in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367