Re: Re: i'm sick, how will that affect my child with cf?

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In a message dated 11/18/2003 7:44:26 AM Central Standard Time,

Torstenkrafft@... writes:

Hi ,

hope you feel better soon!

In general I don't think that kids with CF have a greater risk to

catch something due to their CF. Some kids do catch everything and

some don't. But if they get the flu then CF kids are more affected

because of their CF. If they culture bacteria there is the risk of a

super infection. That's why the flu shot is recommended for all pwcf

and why many cf docs prescribe antibiotics with every infection, even

if it's viral.

Wash your hands and keep distance to prevent a contagion. In other

words stay in bed and let your hubby do the rest :-))

Get Well

Torsten

The last time we were in clinic our doctor said that we actually have an

advantage to having a one gene of CF. He said that people with one gene have a

better survival rate then people that don't because the CF gene tends to help

get

rid of viruses better because we can deplete it out of our digestion system

faster. Can you believe there is a good thing we have one gene!!!! It kind of

made sense to me because my grandmother that carried the CF gene on my side

lived to be 94!!!!!! Deb A