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Symptoms:


The intensity of the symptoms may vary between individual, but the main and most common symptoms are:
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 * Salty-tasting skin
 * A large appetite, but poor or no weight gain
 * Uncomfortable and loud bowel movements
 * Shortness of breath or coughing
 * Chronic respiratory infections/ progressive loss of lung functions
 * Pneumonia and bronchitis
 * Diabetes due to the damaging of pancreas
 * Infertility in men, due to the tube that carries sperm becoming blocked
 * Fertility problems in women due to nutritional problems
 * Irregular menstrual cycles due to women being underweight
 * Malnutrition
 * Maldigestion
 * Abnormally salty sweat
 * Thick, viscous mucus secretions in the lungs
 * Repeated infections inside organs
 * Fatigue
 * Enlarged fingertips
 * Changes of colors of spit
 * Asthma
 * No bowel movements in first 24 to 48 hours of life
 * Weight loss
 * Diarrhea
 * Delayed growth

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