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Help docs! how can i know if i have cystic fibrosis?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Signs and symptoms: 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 late

Answered 7/8/2014

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