Does anyone know the answer? - Cystic Fibrosis Message Board

ClaireS · 03-23-2002, 10:28 AM

Does anyone know the answer:

Can adults get a late diagnosis of CF??? I am aged 37.

Please, please, please, if you are reading this will you answer?
Thank you. ClaireS.

Charleyann · 03-29-2002, 11:33 AM

Hi, I'm from Canada and a fifty year old fisherman was just diagnosed two years ago with Cf.....good luck

ClaireS · 03-30-2002, 04:34 PM

Thank you for bothering to reply - very grateful. Can I ask what your symptoms were and how long you had experienced them?

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Originally posted by Charleyann:
Hi, I'm from Canada and a fifty year old fisherman was just diagnosed two years ago with Cf.....good luck

ClaireS · 03-30-2002, 04:37 PM

Thank you for bothering to reply - very grateful. Good luck.

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Originally posted by energizerbunnie:
Yep its possible.I'm 16 (17 in a month) and was dx last summer.Although not that old lol.I remember hearing about people 50+ being dx with CF.So yeah its possible.
I too was originally dx with asthma and actually have both CF and asthma However my asthma is nowhere as severe as first thought.