jenandcorey
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My husband is a carrier (not sure which mutation). His sister has CF (I don't know her mutations, either). We have a 4 year old son, but he hasn't had a carrier test done. I don't have any mutations, and he doesn't have CF.
I'm just wondering if people with one mutation are affected at all physcially or medically. I've always said that when my husband gets sick, he's down and out for weeks at a time, and we've always joked that it's because he has a "little bit" of CF in him. It could also be from the fact that he's a truck driver who doesn't take vitamins, drink water, or sleep enough. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> As a kid, he had ear infection after ear infection and was supposed to have tubes, but his parents couldn't afford it. I know some people are just more prone to EI's, but I've always wondered if maybe he's somehow affected by that gene mutation.
Is there any research on this? Or, is it not even possible?
I'm just wondering if people with one mutation are affected at all physcially or medically. I've always said that when my husband gets sick, he's down and out for weeks at a time, and we've always joked that it's because he has a "little bit" of CF in him. It could also be from the fact that he's a truck driver who doesn't take vitamins, drink water, or sleep enough. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> As a kid, he had ear infection after ear infection and was supposed to have tubes, but his parents couldn't afford it. I know some people are just more prone to EI's, but I've always wondered if maybe he's somehow affected by that gene mutation.
Is there any research on this? Or, is it not even possible?