I Have Many of the Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis…?
Question posed by §♫♪‹(•¿•)›☼»-(¯`v´¯)-»: I have many of the symptoms of cystic fibrosis…?
then last night I found out that “geographic tongue” was one more symptom…
I am going to the asthma clinic in a month and I will ask for the sweat test then… but a month is a looong time…
If you had symptom after symptom after symptom …what would you think?
I have the cough, the infertility, the poor growth, the bowel problems, the tongue, & more…
Would you be worried if you were me?
No 1 answer:
Answer by Nichole R
No. CF is usually diagnosed at birth and evident right away.
Growth and infertility could be a hormonal problem. Bowel, tongue, cough ect could be a simple virus.
If you know better then please let us know below.
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Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) is usually considered a benign condition. It’s actually more closely linked to psoriasis than cystic fibrosis; it can also be hormone-related. Let’s look at some of your other symptoms.
At age 43, many women can be infertile. You may be entering perimenopause http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/perimenopause/DS00554.
Mucus in bowel movements can be caused by diverticular disease http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diverticulitis/DS00070 or irritable bowel syndrome http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/irritable-bowel-syndrome/DS00106.
It’s difficult to tell what might be causing your coughing. Something as simple as an allergy or irritant in your home (such as pets or ordinary dust) may be responsible.
Although cystic fibrosis can appear in early teens to late twenties, it seldom appears in people in their 40′s.
If you have a good general practitioner, you may want to see him/her for a simple physical exam that will include a Pap smear, a CBC, a metabolic panel, a thyroid test, and evaluation for IBS and diverticular disease. This may help you relax about what your symptoms mean.
When we reach our 40′s, we sometimes have chronic health problems that we just have to live with. We can’t diagnose you here and I’m certainly not saying that your symptoms don’t mean anything. But if you’re like me, you can read about a disease and then start experiencing the symptoms. I’ve been a healthcare teaching assistant for 20+ years, so I recognize the tendency!
Do you have incredibly thick mucus that is difficult to cough out?
Infertility isn’t necessarily a symptom of CF, unless you’re a male. Females were once thought to be infertile if they had CF, but that’s not the case. (There are 3 women with CF pregnant in my clinic right now)
I haven’t seen any CF’ers with the geographic tongue.
Do your stools smell incredibly foul? Are they greasy?
Is your BMI less than 22?
If I had symptom after symptom, I’d stop reading about it, it just freaks me out.
I don’t know about the geographic tongue and like dixie said infertility isn’t a guarantee with CF women. I know of many cf women who have had kids. And being that CF is STILL not tested at birth in every state, it is possible for you to just now get diagnosed. There are thousands of CF mutations and mild cases that are barely symptomatic for years and years. Call your asthma clinic and just say your worried and want to be tested now to rule it out. it doesn’t hurt to ask.