re: how is salt wasting diagnosed
Mar. 15th, 2006   10:54pm

Apart from knowing what specific mutations your daughter has  - via genetic testing, the doctors should be ordering regular Plasma Renin levels to determine how hard her body is working to retain salt. Hopefully they are also keeping an eye on her electrolytes.

Sounds like she definitely needs to be on Florinef - which she is on now, and should stay on at least until her growing years are over, regardless of what type of CAH she has.

Megan
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