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A member asked:
How noticable is the salty skin on a person with cystic fibrosis?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not that noticeable: Usually the saltiness of the skin is not extremely noticeable and may not be noticeable at all.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Salty skin: .The reason for the salty skin is because patients with CF secrete normal amounts of sweat, but the sweat has abnormally high levels of salt (nacl) due to the malfunctioning cl- transport, causing very salty skin. Indeed, the symptom is nearly universal and the sweat test is used as the number one diagnostic test for cf. Only about 1% to 2% of all people with CF show normal sweat test results.
Answered 6/10/2014
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