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When will the symptoms appear in a person who is affected of cystic fibrosis?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Varies: Newborns can present with bowel obstruction from lthickened meconium , early stool, from lack of normal enzymes.Sometimes bowel atresia and twisted bowel in utero are other manifestations. In child, respiratory symptoms may result with over aeration and asthmatic symptoms from mucus plugging in lungs. Malabsorption, fatty liver, and anemia in early childhood. Some mild forms do not show until later.

Answered 1/29/2014

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