Or organs....such as a kidney, if my child needed one...for instance.
2007-01-07 16:08:45 · 4 answers · asked by treefrog 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
No. Lupus is a autoimmune deficiency and blood can not be donated. It is not contagious but has some of the same symptoms as HIV which is contagious. On my drivers license it shows I'm a donor, if anything can be used I'm sure the doctors will make that decision, but in all honesty I do think we can be a donor.
HIV is a choice with Lupus you are dealt the hand to bear this consuming disease.
2007-01-07 16:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by NJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have Lupus? The reason I ask is because you either are either an extremely generous person or not informed on this disease. I have a good friend with Lupus and this condition has already made her lose any function in her kindneys. Lupus, like HIV is a immune disorder (that doesn't mean it's contracted though). The antibodies and white blood cells we have in our bodies that help keep harm away from our body actually work different in people with Lupus. The antibodies cannot recognize what is "good or bad" in people with Lupus and they can "think" anything is bad, including your own organs and attack them. So for a person with Lupus to want to donate their organs is very risky because they are usually the ones who need the transplants (my friend with Lupus is getting a kidney from her sister)
2007-01-07 16:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by Rock, Paper, Scissors 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... Lupus is a blood disease, so, I doubt it.
Unless there is someway that is could medically be purified.... that's a good question though. Have you asked a doctor???
2007-01-07 16:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they cant. Those with potentially fatal conditions cant donate anything
2007-01-07 16:30:49 · answer #4 · answered by eddie9551 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋