It is completely possible for one child to have respiratory infections, without having any digestive tract issues while other children may have the digestive blockage and no reparatory issue. While still there are those that may incur both. Furthermore, these signs and symptoms can change as the patient ages to include more signs or symptoms as well as loose some of them.

In the infant stage, the signs of a possible cystic fibrosis patient may be when the infant produces meconium, which is the greenish-black and very tar like stools immediately after birth. This type of stool can become so tarry or greasy that it can actually block up the child’s intestines. Other symptoms during the early childhood may be a failure of the child to grow at a normal rate or a consistent respiratory infection throughout infanthood.

Once the infant years have passed on, the symptoms can become much more apparent and can include things like a salty taste to the skin caused by the child having higher than normal salt contents in their sweat. This can be noticeable especially in a simple kiss of the child. They blockage of the bowels can carry on throughout childhood and well into adulthood as well as the bowel movements may become increasingly pungent and greasy.

Further stunt of growth can occur throughout the lifetime and may be apparent especially though puberty. Furthermore, since children have a tendency of spitting out their sputum, or saliva, the one sign may go unnoticed. This sign of course is that the sputum may be thicker than a normal child’s. They may continue to develop various chest and infections of the sinus which can include not only the pneumonia but also bronchitis.