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Lupus is a genetic autoimmune disorder. You are born with it, and it can be treated successfully, however there is no cure.
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Can you get a false negative for lupus?
Yes, there are several cases of false pregnancy tests when a person has Lupus. This is due to the increased protein that a person with Lupus has.
Can a person have chronic pleurisy without lupus?
Yes, a person can have chronic pleurisy without lupus.
Can an airline pilot have lupus?
Yes a person can be an airline pilot and also have lupus. Depending on the severity of the lupus, the demands of a pilot's job might become overwhelming. Lupus affects each person differently.
Is it possible for blood type to change if a person has lupus and forgets to take their medication?
Neither lupus nor lupus medication can change a person's blood type.
Can you be a carrier of lupus?
Lupus is not directly hereditary, however predisposition to developing autoimmunity is more likely in people who are related. Lupus is not contagious. For these two reasons, a person cannot be a lupus carrier. A person can be genetically predisposed to develop lupus but the disease may never develop.
Can lupus transmitted by touch skin by skin?
Lupus is not contagious. Lupus cannot be transmitted from one person to another by any means.
Can a person have a relationship with lupus?
YES!
How does lupus occur?
In the United States lupus affects about 1.5 million people. Worldwide it is estimated that at least 5 million people have lupus. These are estimates. Doctors do not report each diagnosis of lupus that they make. No government agency requires that a diagnosis of lupus be reported. Lupus statistics are gleand from hospital discharge diagnoses. If a person is diagnosed with lupus but had not been hospitalized, their diagnosis will not appear in the statistics. If a person is hospitalized for a complicaton of lupus, the discharge statement may not even mention lupus.
Can Lupus cause weight loss?
No. In order to develop lupus you have to have the right combination of genes plus triggers. The stress of surgery could trigger lupus in a person who is genetically predisposed, but not in a person who is not genetically predisposed.
Can lupus lie dormant while still showing some symptoms?
If a person is showing symptoms, then the lupus is not dormant.
How do you embalm an extreme lupus case?
The handling of the body of a deceased lupus patient is no different than handling any other dead person. Lupus is not contagious or infectious.
Can a person loose a leg to lupus?
Highly unlikely.
