Assertion: cystic fibrosis's child | /r/HasAspect | cf
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text: Each time two CF carriers have a child, the chances are: 25 percent (1 in 4) the child will have CF
text: More than 30,000 children and adults in the United States have CF (70,000 worldwide).
text: If two carriers have a child, there is a: 25 percent, or 1 in 4, chance the child will have CF
text: 1 in 4 chance the child will have CF
text: Blocking the ducts in the pancreas causes problems with digesting food, so babies and children who have CF may not be able to absorb enough nutrients from food.
text: Children who have CF have the following symptoms:
text: However, new treatment methods help children who have CF live well into adulthood and have a better quality of life.
text: When two carrier parents have a child who inherits both copies with a gene mutation, one from each parent, the child will have CF.
text: About 30,000 children and adults in the United States, and more than 70,000 worldwide, have CF.
text: For a child who has CF, the sweat chloride test results will confirm the diagnosis by showing a high chloride level.
text: For every pregnancy, there is a one-in-four chance that the child will have CF when both parents are carriers.
text: For every pregnancy, there is a one-in-four chance that the child will have CF when both parents are carriers.
text: At present, about 30,000 children and adults in the United States have CF (about 70,000 worldwide).
text: Many families may not have known about children who had CF and died in past generations.
text: The child will either have CF or be a carrier.
text: Each time two carriers conceive, there is a 25 percent chance that their child will have CF;
text: Prenatal genetic testing can be performed to determine if the unborn child has CF, although this test is not foolproof.
text: If two CF carriers have a child, there is a 1 in 4 chance that the child will have CF.
text: A child will only have CF if they inherit 2 faulty genes – 1 from their mother and 1 from their father.
text: If a person with CF has a child with a CF carrier, the child will either have CF or be a carrier of the disease.
text: Prenatal testing can identify whether a child has CF, but it cannot predict the severity of the symptoms.
text: Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive gene mutation, meaning both parents must carry the defective gene for their children to have CF.
text: If both parents have the gene, there is a 25% chance the child will have CF.
text: a 2 in 4 chance the child will be a carrier; and a one in 4 chance the child will neither have CF nor be a carrier.
text: About 30,000 children and young adults in the U.S. have CF.
text: 25% (1 in 4) chance the child will have CF
text: When both parents are carriers there is a 25% chance in every pregnancy that the child will have CF, a 25% chance that the child will have two normal CFTR genes and a 50% chance that the child will be a carrier (figure 2).
text: Two parents who are carriers for the mutated gene have a twenty-five percent chance of passing the disease on to their child, a fifty percent chance that their child will be a carrier for the gene, and a twenty-five percent chance that their child with neither have CF nor carry a CF gene.
text: Children who inherit an abnormal CFTR gene from both parents will have CF.
text: If you’ve recently learned that your child has CF, then you probably have a lot of questions about what the diagnosis means for your child’s future.
text: If doctors suspects your child may have CF, they will order a sweat test that measures how much salt is in your child’s sweat.
text: If testing shows that parent is a CFTR gene mutation carrier, the other parent is tested to calculate the risk that their children will have CF.
text: A positive screen does not mean your child has CF.
text: In fact, there some cysticfibrosis.com members have shared how their children, who clearly have CF, had negative sweat tests.
text: Doctors can also perform tests during pregnancy to determine the chances their child having CF.
text: Each time 2 carriers conceive, they have a 1 in 4 chance that their child will have CF.
text: Both biological parents must either be carriers or have CF in order for their child to have CF.