They tested for CF in my daughter simply because she was having such a bad time with her asthma they thought they might be overlooking something. From what I've been told CF patients can have some pretty major problems with their sinus' and respiratory system, but apparently they also tend to have other more serious problems with digestion, low weight and slow growth, which my daughter didn't have.

Last September they did a CT Scan on her because she kept having ear and sinus infections. Her sinus's were stopped up. We have tried 3 different antibiotics since Sept and did a CT scan after each one. She still has the same clogged sinus she had in Sept. Before the last CT Scan they culture her nose to see exactly what bacteria was there, but her sinus's were still clogged even after 4 weeks of that antibiotic.

The good part is clinically she's much better now than she was a year ago. She takes Sudofed 3x a day. This has helped tremendously. She is also on Zyrtec 2x daily, Rhinocort Aqua (nose spray), Zantac (for acid reflux - according to the dr. this can trigger asthma), Flovent 4 puffs 2x daily, Xopenex or Albuterol as needed (she usually always get one at night and naptime), Atrovent as needed (again, I usually give one at night and naptime), I have found if I stay ahead of her asthma we are much better off.