If you have a family history of CF or your partner has CF, you can be tested to see if you carry the CF gene before you start a family. If you and your partner are both carriers or if you already have a child with CF, tests can be done early in pregnancy to see if your baby is affected. Tests include: amniocentesis- where a small sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds your baby is taken and tested in a laboratory, chorionic villus sampling-where a sample of tissue(biopsy) is taken from the placenta. With both tests there is a risk of complications, incl a small risk of miscarriage. You should ask your doctor for more information.
Attribution: BUPA
See also:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Inheritance of cystic fibrosis
- Baby screening for cystic fibrosis
- Treatment of gastrointestinal cystic fibrosis
- Treatment of lung cystic fibrosis