SYMPTOMS
Signs and symptoms
Symptoms of cystic fibrosis vary from child to child. A baby born with cystic fibrosis usually has symptoms during its first year. However, sometimes signs do not show up until teen years or even later. Infants or young children may have persistent diarrhea or bulky, foul-smelling, and greasy stools.
Children may also have:
Children may also have:
- frequent wheezing in the lungs
- pneumonia, a chronic cough with thick mucus
- poor growth
- inflamed sinuses, also called sinusitis
- nasal polyps, growths inside the nose
- rounded and enlarged fingers and toes
- coughing up blood