Question for Everyone......

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Ok...

I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their perspiration????

OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

Becki

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I think the salt tastes is only a cf thing my 6 yr w/o u can't taste but my

7yr w cf u can . I also have a 11 wk old I keep kissing him and licking my

lips no salt he is w/o cf . Crystal mom of Ty 7yr cf

[Guest guest]

Yes , I can taste salt in my perspiration (and in my husband's), especially

on a hot day after being out in the sun for a long time. We don't have CF

but are carriers. and yes, I can taste salt if the perspiration drips into

my mouth, but I suspect it is not AS salty as it would be if I had CF. My

son who is NOT a carrier also says he tastes salt if he licks above his lips

when his face is sweaty on a hot day.

One son does have CF and tastes much saltier. He does not have to be outside

and perspiring to taste salty. If I kiss his forehead, at just about any

time, there is a salty 'aftertaste'. I pretty much only get it from his

forehead - not other places on his face. My other 2 without CF do not have

the salty aftertaste. This is one reason I pursued his diagnosis for CF when

he was a baby. If my son who has CF has been perspiring, it actually can

leave little salt crystals on his skin. When he was a baby, my husband

called him " a little gem " because of the sparkles from the crystals.

When his feet perspire, these salt crystals are quite irritating and can

actually rub his skin raw on his feet. It seems that when the sweat can't

escape from the skin of the feet fast enough, it collects under the skin

like blisters and then the skin eventually peels off.

I read a brochure on CF sexuality that mentioned that the salt can also

occur on the penis and be irritating during intercourse for both partners,

but the use of a condom can be helpful in that situation.

M

Question for Everyone......

> I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

> Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

> this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

> drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their

perspiration????

> OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

>

> Becki

> YOUR FAVORITE LilGooberGirl

[Guest guest]

I am a carrier, obviously since my new born son has CF. My sweat always tastes

salty.

Cheryl

Question for Everyone......

Ok...

I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their perspiration????

OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

Becki

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Becki,

I can taste salt in my tears and in my sweat when I am running and I do not

have CF. I guess CF just has more salt in it.

Question for Everyone......

Ok...

I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their perspiration????

OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

Becki

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Becky, I don't think there is one clear answer....most people

probably don't taste their sweat!!!!!! Sounds like a good science

fair project, though, lol!!! Anyway, I can tell you that our 7 yo

without CF gets very salty when he sweats alot.....and I assume that

probably we are all that way (just don't go around licking to be

sure, eh?) The difference I guess is that the kids with cf are salty

all the time.

Take care,

Jen

> Ok...

> I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus

is.

> Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your

skin???? Is

> this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt

if it

> drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their

perspiration????

> OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

>

> Becki

> YOUR FAVORITE LilGooberGirl

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[Guest guest]

Hello Becki,

Apparently we all have salt in our sweat but I was informed by our doctor

that cf`s loose more salt in their sweat, in summer months our son is

actually prescribed a salt solution, to replaced lost salts.

Hope this helps Jackie Mum to Sonny 21 months wcf in the UK.

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>Subject: Question for Everyone......

>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:52:26 EST

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>Ok...

>I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

>Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

>this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

>drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their perspiration????

>OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

>

>Becki

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Jackie,

We had a lady doctor from Scotland working in our clinic for about 6months

or so. She said in the UK they dont use salt replacement so she had lots of

questions on it. Were here we use it for 6months of the year or more.

Maybe she meant' Scotland, my sister and brother in laws live there and I

know they are freezing.

Question for Everyone......

> >Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:52:26 EST

> >

> >Ok...

> >I want to compair CFers with NON-CFers and see what the concensus is.

> >Ok, when you get hot and sweat can you taste the salt on your skin???? Is

> >this with all people or is this a CF thing? Can you taste the salt if it

> >drips into your mouth??? Do all people taste salt in their

perspiration????

> >OR is it a CF thing?I would really like to get some input.....

> >

> >Becki

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