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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>MOME2RT</b></i> I always thought Cfers got this when they were older....but I guess it depends on the damage in the lungs, Will it just get worse?</end quote></div>
Age really doesn't have a whole lot to do with it. It really does just depend on the lung damage. Considering that there's a limited amount of space inside the body, the barrel-chestedness may level off.
Here's a link to something I've written on a similar topic--posture. Maybe this will be a source of additional information for you.
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.helium.com/tm/114184/according-article-published-tattersall">Posture and CF</a>
Age really doesn't have a whole lot to do with it. It really does just depend on the lung damage. Considering that there's a limited amount of space inside the body, the barrel-chestedness may level off.
Here's a link to something I've written on a similar topic--posture. Maybe this will be a source of additional information for you.
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.helium.com/tm/114184/according-article-published-tattersall">Posture and CF</a>