New Mom- help understanding dx of CF

[pypersmom]

Hello- my month old daughter had two abnormal newborn screenings with slightly high IRT levles detecting CF her first score was 128 with 90 being the cutoff for normal and the second blood draw she scored a 60 with the cutoff for normal 50. Our pediatrician then ordered the sweat chloride test, they called and said it was normal, her score was 27.
Our pediatrician still suggested we have genetic testing done now to confirm the sweat chloride or another one performed in six months. Even though it was normal. I don't understand why, as we were told the sweat chloride is the golden standard for dx CF.
Please help

 

[pypersmom]

Hello- my month old daughter had two abnormal newborn screenings with slightly high IRT levles detecting CF her first score was 128 with 90 being the cutoff for normal and the second blood draw she scored a 60 with the cutoff for normal 50. Our pediatrician then ordered the sweat chloride test, they called and said it was normal, her score was 27.
Our pediatrician still suggested we have genetic testing done now to confirm the sweat chloride or another one performed in six months. Even though it was normal. I don't understand why, as we were told the sweat chloride is the golden standard for dx CF.
Please help

 

[pypersmom]

Hello- my month old daughter had two abnormal newborn screenings with slightly high IRT levles detecting CF her first score was 128 with 90 being the cutoff for normal and the second blood draw she scored a 60 with the cutoff for normal 50. Our pediatrician then ordered the sweat chloride test, they called and said it was normal, her score was 27.
Our pediatrician still suggested we have genetic testing done now to confirm the sweat chloride or another one performed in six months. Even though it was normal. I don't understand why, as we were told the sweat chloride is the golden standard for dx CF.
Please help

 

[pypersmom]

Hello- my month old daughter had two abnormal newborn screenings with slightly high IRT levles detecting CF her first score was 128 with 90 being the cutoff for normal and the second blood draw she scored a 60 with the cutoff for normal 50. Our pediatrician then ordered the sweat chloride test, they called and said it was normal, her score was 27.
Our pediatrician still suggested we have genetic testing done now to confirm the sweat chloride or another one performed in six months. Even though it was normal. I don't understand why, as we were told the sweat chloride is the golden standard for dx CF.
Please help

 

[pypersmom]

Hello- my month old daughter had two abnormal newborn screenings with slightly high IRT levles detecting CF her first score was 128 with 90 being the cutoff for normal and the second blood draw she scored a 60 with the cutoff for normal 50. Our pediatrician then ordered the sweat chloride test, they called and said it was normal, her score was 27.
Our pediatrician still suggested we have genetic testing done now to confirm the sweat chloride or another one performed in six months. Even though it was normal. I don't understand why, as we were told the sweat chloride is the golden standard for dx CF.
Please help

 

[paysmom]

sweet test is the golden test but nothing is perfect. my son had a normal sweet test the first time to. he now has 2 positive tests and both genes have been identified. it is all alot to take in at first but it gets easier to understand as time goes by. i hope everything goes good for you guys.

 

[paysmom]

sweet test is the golden test but nothing is perfect. my son had a normal sweet test the first time to. he now has 2 positive tests and both genes have been identified. it is all alot to take in at first but it gets easier to understand as time goes by. i hope everything goes good for you guys.

 

[paysmom]

sweet test is the golden test but nothing is perfect. my son had a normal sweet test the first time to. he now has 2 positive tests and both genes have been identified. it is all alot to take in at first but it gets easier to understand as time goes by. i hope everything goes good for you guys.

 

[paysmom]

sweet test is the golden test but nothing is perfect. my son had a normal sweet test the first time to. he now has 2 positive tests and both genes have been identified. it is all alot to take in at first but it gets easier to understand as time goes by. i hope everything goes good for you guys.

 

[paysmom]

sweet test is the golden test but nothing is perfect. my son had a normal sweet test the first time to. he now has 2 positive tests and both genes have been identified. it is all alot to take in at first but it gets easier to understand as time goes by. i hope everything goes good for you guys.

 

[Mommafirst]

I think getting the genetic test is the best idea. There are still false negatives with the sweat test (much fewer false positive). It would be better to get a concrete rule out of CF IMO.

 

[Mommafirst]

I think getting the genetic test is the best idea. There are still false negatives with the sweat test (much fewer false positive). It would be better to get a concrete rule out of CF IMO.

 

[Mommafirst]

I think getting the genetic test is the best idea. There are still false negatives with the sweat test (much fewer false positive). It would be better to get a concrete rule out of CF IMO.

 

[Mommafirst]

I think getting the genetic test is the best idea. There are still false negatives with the sweat test (much fewer false positive). It would be better to get a concrete rule out of CF IMO.

 

[Mommafirst]

I think getting the genetic test is the best idea. There are still false negatives with the sweat test (much fewer false positive). It would be better to get a concrete rule out of CF IMO.

 

[Alyssa]

Be very thankful that someone is pursuing the genetic testing! My kids have a normal sweat test numbers but genetic testing shows they have two very common CF genes. No sweat testing is not always the best way to diagnose. My daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because nobody suggested genetic testing after a normal sweat test number.



Please read my full story on my blog page

 

[Alyssa]

Be very thankful that someone is pursuing the genetic testing! My kids have a normal sweat test numbers but genetic testing shows they have two very common CF genes. No sweat testing is not always the best way to diagnose. My daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because nobody suggested genetic testing after a normal sweat test number.



Please read my full story on my blog page

 

[Alyssa]

Be very thankful that someone is pursuing the genetic testing! My kids have a normal sweat test numbers but genetic testing shows they have two very common CF genes. No sweat testing is not always the best way to diagnose. My daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because nobody suggested genetic testing after a normal sweat test number.



Please read my full story on my blog page

 

[Alyssa]

Be very thankful that someone is pursuing the genetic testing! My kids have a normal sweat test numbers but genetic testing shows they have two very common CF genes. No sweat testing is not always the best way to diagnose. My daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because nobody suggested genetic testing after a normal sweat test number.



Please read my full story on my blog page

 

[Alyssa]

Be very thankful that someone is pursuing the genetic testing! My kids have a normal sweat test numbers but genetic testing shows they have two very common CF genes. No sweat testing is not always the best way to diagnose. My daughter was misdiagnosed for 8 years because nobody suggested genetic testing after a normal sweat test number.



Please read my full story on my blog page