Table 1: Signs and Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis

Table 1:
Signs and Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis
Respiratory	Gastrointestinal	Genitourinary
Asthma	Meconium ileus	Absence of bilateral vas deferens
Bronchitis/ Chronic productive cough	Recurrent right lower-quadrant pain	Male and female infertility
Pseudomonas aeruginosa/ Staphylococcal pneumonia airway colonization	Distal intestinal obstructive syndrome	Cervical plugging
Nasal polyps	Biliary cirrhosis	Female urinary incontinence
Pansinusitis	Portal hypertension	Recurrent vaginal yeast infections
Clubbing	Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency (vitamins A, D, E, or K)
	Recurrent pancreatitis
	Diabetes
	Failure to thrive
Adapted from Welsh MJ, Tsui L-C, Boat TF, et al. Cystic fibrosis. In: Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS, et al, eds. The Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995:3801.