Infants and Cystic Fibrosis?
My friend had a little girl 2 weeks ago and today @ her 2 week check up she was told that the CF test they do in the hospital @ birth came back positive and they are re-testing and she will have results in 3 weeks. They also told her there is a high “false positive” rate.
Has anyone heard of this?
I am a CF carrier, and had to go to genetic counseling when my husband and I were in infertility treatment (he ended up not being a carrier) and never heard of this screen on infants…do they do it to them all? Are there false positives?? I just want to ease her mind.
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Filed under: Cystic Fibrosis
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Ive never heard of the screen on newborns. Ive heard of the prenatal screening, and I know for a fact that almost all are false positives, i dont see why this would be any different.
The research varies but about 1 in 10 infants who screen positive will be diagnosed with CF…
A really good site to go to to learn more about the test is from Ohio:
A positive result to the first test only means that they should do further testing. Not that it is CF for sure. As far as I am aware in the state I live in (WI) all newborns are tested at birth for this.