Answer: Diagnosing cystic fibrosis is a multistep process, and should include a newborn screening, a sweat test, a genetic or carrier test, and a clinical evaluation at a CF Foundation-accredited care center. Although most people are diagnosed with CF by the age of 2, some are diagnosed as adults. Also cystic fibrosis carriers do not have CF and are generally asymptomatic, there is emerging research which is finding that some carriers may have very mild symptoms associated with the genetic mutation. These symptoms may be a very pale shadow of the more severe symptoms someone with CF has.
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