Do kids with cystic fibrosis usually wear face masks?

So apparently I have a little cousin that I didn't even know I had. I met her at our family's thanksgiving dinner. She has cystic fibrosis. I know a fair amount about the disease already, but she was wearing one of those surgical masks. Apparently she has a weakened immune system or something. I was just wondering if it was very common to wear masks like that, cause none of the people with cystic fibrosis that I have known ever did.

It all depends on their immune system, like you said. My sister wore them from time to time if she was weakened due to getting over a case of pneumonia or getting over some other illness. Also if she was going to be around a lot of other people she sometimes wore one because the over amounts of mucus in the lungs made it easier to catch infections.

If it were up to me I'd have made her wear it constantly, even though she didn't like people looking at her funny when she coughed. Maybe I'd still have her with me. I don't know. But hopefully that answers your question.

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