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what is a normal sweat test
- Thread starter anonymous
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Less than 40 is considered negative, 40-59 borderline and warrants further testing, 60 or above is positive. However, although rare, there have been MANY cases of people with borderline sweat tests and even negative sweat tests who have 2 genes and therefore do have CF. Generally speaking though a value in the teens or lower is almost always considered negative. (Assuming of course the child was old enough, there was enough sweat collected, and the test was performed at an accredited cf lab.)
Less than 40 is considered negative, 40-59 borderline and warrants further testing, 60 or above is positive. However, although rare, there have been MANY cases of people with borderline sweat tests and even negative sweat tests who have 2 genes and therefore do have CF. Generally speaking though a value in the teens or lower is almost always considered negative. (Assuming of course the child was old enough, there was enough sweat collected, and the test was performed at an accredited cf lab.)
debs2girls
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Really Melissa? Like what?
debs2girls
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Really Melissa? Like what?
The previous poster is correct:
Below 40 is considered normal
41-60 considered borderline
61 and above considered positive
My kids are one of those exceptions to the rule.....
My kids have genetic testing showing two CF Genes
Delta F 505
R117H
My daughters sweat test is 38
My son's sweat test is 41
If you have any question at all that your child might have CF -- please get the full genetic testing !!!
My kids did not show a lot of 'classic CF' sypmtoms and were therfore misdiagnosed until they were in their teens -- my daughter was sweat tested 3 times when she was 5 years old and we were told she did not have CF -- she went for 8 more years thinking she had only asthma and we did not get antibiotics for her lung infections because we were told it was 'asthma with productive cough' -- we didn't know what CPT was and therefore never did it! Only after the genetic testing did we know what we were dealing with and they got the correct care and treatment.
Below 40 is considered normal
41-60 considered borderline
61 and above considered positive
My kids are one of those exceptions to the rule.....
My kids have genetic testing showing two CF Genes
Delta F 505
R117H
My daughters sweat test is 38
My son's sweat test is 41
If you have any question at all that your child might have CF -- please get the full genetic testing !!!
My kids did not show a lot of 'classic CF' sypmtoms and were therfore misdiagnosed until they were in their teens -- my daughter was sweat tested 3 times when she was 5 years old and we were told she did not have CF -- she went for 8 more years thinking she had only asthma and we did not get antibiotics for her lung infections because we were told it was 'asthma with productive cough' -- we didn't know what CPT was and therefore never did it! Only after the genetic testing did we know what we were dealing with and they got the correct care and treatment.
The previous poster is correct:
Below 40 is considered normal
41-60 considered borderline
61 and above considered positive
My kids are one of those exceptions to the rule.....
My kids have genetic testing showing two CF Genes
Delta F 505
R117H
My daughters sweat test is 38
My son's sweat test is 41
If you have any question at all that your child might have CF -- please get the full genetic testing !!!
My kids did not show a lot of 'classic CF' sypmtoms and were therfore misdiagnosed until they were in their teens -- my daughter was sweat tested 3 times when she was 5 years old and we were told she did not have CF -- she went for 8 more years thinking she had only asthma and we did not get antibiotics for her lung infections because we were told it was 'asthma with productive cough' -- we didn't know what CPT was and therefore never did it! Only after the genetic testing did we know what we were dealing with and they got the correct care and treatment.
Below 40 is considered normal
41-60 considered borderline
61 and above considered positive
My kids are one of those exceptions to the rule.....
My kids have genetic testing showing two CF Genes
Delta F 505
R117H
My daughters sweat test is 38
My son's sweat test is 41
If you have any question at all that your child might have CF -- please get the full genetic testing !!!
My kids did not show a lot of 'classic CF' sypmtoms and were therfore misdiagnosed until they were in their teens -- my daughter was sweat tested 3 times when she was 5 years old and we were told she did not have CF -- she went for 8 more years thinking she had only asthma and we did not get antibiotics for her lung infections because we were told it was 'asthma with productive cough' -- we didn't know what CPT was and therefore never did it! Only after the genetic testing did we know what we were dealing with and they got the correct care and treatment.