Is lupus a communicable disease

Answer 1

Yes it is an autoimmune disease that currently has no cure. There are treatments available to manage the symptoms caused by the disease but no cure for the overall disease. With lupus, the antibodies that usually fight germs and disease in ones body instead attack all of the organs in the body. Due to lack of funding and general public unawareness of what exactly is lupus, there has been no progress for many years in finding a medicine that is more effective in slowing down the attack of all the organs. Currently the most widely used medicine is Plaquenil, which was developed 70 years ago for the purpose of treating malaria. This drug has many bad side effects in many patients and again, can only slow down the progression of lupus attacking and destroying all major organs, it does not cure lupus.

Answer 2

No. People develop lupus if they have a genetic predisposition to develop lupus and a trigger or triggers start the autoimmune reaction. All of the genes are not yet identified. Lupus is not contagious and you cannot pass it to someone like you can Infectious Diseases.

Answer 3

No. We do not completely understand why people get Lupus but there is no evidence that it is transmitted from one person to another.

Answer 4

The answer is no. Lupus (SLE), or in fact any form of Lupus, is an Autoimmune disease, and therefore is not infectious or contagious.

Answer 5

Lupus can't be transmitted to another person.

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

No