Can a woman of 67 be diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis?
First for all those people who said NO.. YES it can be diagnosed at 67. When She was born it definitely wasn’t a practice to do new born screening. Second She most likely has one of the most mild forms of Cystic fibrosis. While the median survival age is 38 years old that doesn’t mean at 38 we all just up and die. Many CFers live past 38 and I know of one woman who lived to her 80s. Who had children and is a grandmother. I know of a few people who have been diagnosed in their 30s and 40s. New born screening didn’t start until about 20 years ago in sonm states and today some states STILL do not do new born screening. You may still want them to re-do the test maybe ask them to do a DNA swab instead of a sweat test just to be sure. A DNA swab will prove if its definite since you need 2 CF genes to have CF. Sometimes a sweat test is inconclusive or if done incorrectly can just be wrong.
