People with CF can have a variety of symptoms, including:
Very salty-tasting skin
Persistent coughing, at times with phlegm
Frequent lung infections including pneumonia or bronchitis
Wheezing or shortness of breath
Poor growth or weight gain in spite of a good appetite
Frequent greasy, bulky stools or difficulty with bowel movements
Nasal polyps
Chronic sinus infections
Clubbing or enlargement of the fingertips and toes
Rectal prolapse
Male Infertility
Other signs and symptoms may include sinus infections, poor growth, fatty stool, clubbing of the fingers and toes,
Cystic fibrosis typically manifests early in life. Newborns and infants with cystic fibrosis tend to have frequent, large, greasy stools (a result of malabsorption) and are underweight for their age. Infants may have Meconium ileus i.e. a bowel obstruction that occurs when the meconium in your child's intestine is even thicker and stickier than normal meconium, creating a blockage in a part of the small intestine called the ileum