Hello
My boyfriend was diagnosed this year at 35. He was diagnosed 2 years ago with bronchiectasies (very few, seen on CT, Xray was normal). He never had a neumonia, neither was he hopitalized. He just seemed to have a persistent cough, in the morning during the winter. I was the one that suggested the ct scan, since many doctors kept saying he dind´t have anything because he had a normal xray and pulmonary function.First sweet test was negative.
Two years after he was diagnosed with bronchiectasies we were talking about it, and he said that some doctor told him, when he was a child, that he could have sinusitis. When he told me that I though about CF (I am a pediatrician, and I know .....I should have figured it out before..... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> ).
After going to many neumologyst that seemed to think I was crazy for asking for genetic testing, I found one that though that it should be done. He has deltha 508 and another unknown mutation that we are trying to figured out. He has azoopermia. He is pancreatic sufficient. He doesn´t have pseudomona in sputum. I looked for information about prognosis in this atypical forms. It seems the long term prognosis is better. I found an article that talks a little about the prognosis on late diagnosed patients. You can download the whole article free on:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/171/6/621
">http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/...nt/abstract/171/6/621
</a> It´s an study done only with 28 people diagnosed at age 15 or later ,compared with the ones diagnosed earlier in life. I think it´s quite interesting. Hope it helps. You can PM me whenever you want. Hope you understand my awful english <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Rita. Boyfriend diagnosed 35.
My boyfriend was diagnosed this year at 35. He was diagnosed 2 years ago with bronchiectasies (very few, seen on CT, Xray was normal). He never had a neumonia, neither was he hopitalized. He just seemed to have a persistent cough, in the morning during the winter. I was the one that suggested the ct scan, since many doctors kept saying he dind´t have anything because he had a normal xray and pulmonary function.First sweet test was negative.
Two years after he was diagnosed with bronchiectasies we were talking about it, and he said that some doctor told him, when he was a child, that he could have sinusitis. When he told me that I though about CF (I am a pediatrician, and I know .....I should have figured it out before..... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> ).
After going to many neumologyst that seemed to think I was crazy for asking for genetic testing, I found one that though that it should be done. He has deltha 508 and another unknown mutation that we are trying to figured out. He has azoopermia. He is pancreatic sufficient. He doesn´t have pseudomona in sputum. I looked for information about prognosis in this atypical forms. It seems the long term prognosis is better. I found an article that talks a little about the prognosis on late diagnosed patients. You can download the whole article free on:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/171/6/621
">http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/...nt/abstract/171/6/621
</a> It´s an study done only with 28 people diagnosed at age 15 or later ,compared with the ones diagnosed earlier in life. I think it´s quite interesting. Hope it helps. You can PM me whenever you want. Hope you understand my awful english <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Rita. Boyfriend diagnosed 35.