Sunday, April 20, 2008

Symptoms of CF

Some symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis include..
  • Salty-tasting skin; due to excessive sweating
  • Persistent coughing sometimes with mucus
  • Frequent lung infections (tuberculosis, bronchitis, etc..)
  • Shortness of breath
  • Not growing/gaining weight even with a good appetite
  • Bulky, greasy stools (steatorrhea)
  • Clubbing (rounding of the fingers and toes.




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