Patient 6
The patient is 6 months old and is exhibiting the following symptoms:
- A persistent cough that produces thick spit (sputum) and mucus
- Wheezing
- Breathlessness
- A decreased ability to exercise
- Repeated lung infections
- Inflamed nasal passages or a stuffy nose
- Gel electrophoresis to rule out several suspected genetic causes.
- Chromosomal karyotyping to look for abnormalities
- Blood type testing
- genetic pedigree