Can You Develop Cystic Fibrosis as a Teenager?
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at
10:31 pm
Jordan Sebastian asked:
All the reading I’ve done on cystic fibrosis says it is a genetic disease. However, I have a lot of the symptoms of it and was wondering if it could become evident later in life? Thanks.
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Filed under: Cystic Fibrosis
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Every case of cystic fibrosis is different. you are born with the disease, but sometimes symptoms do not present until later in life. if you really feel like you have a lot of the symptoms, then I would ask your doctor. its always a possibility.
It is a genetic disease, my daughter was almost nine years old at diagnosis and she had very little signs of the disease. I know several people that have been diagnosed in their 30s, 40s and recently met a nurse that was diagnosed at almost 50. It is not a one size fits all disease, it presents very different from patient to patient, even from siblings that have the same mutations. Unfortunately, the older the patient gets the more marked the disease, it is afterall a progressive illness. On the other hand those of us that are carriers may present many signs of the disease. I am a carrier and I have horrible gi(gastro-intestinal) issues, lung issues since a very early age, etc. There are other diseases that mimic CF one is Ciliac disease,
Good luck,
Anna mom of a patient with CF
yes they can find out that you have cystic fibrosis when you are a teen however it does not mean that you got it as a teen .. All people that have cystic fibrosis are born with cf .. And some time s Dr’s do not catch it tell later in life after the patient is having issues with breathing or other major issues. That is why now most hospitals in the USA test for all kinds of medical issues so that they can start treating that patient at birth ..