Jjwitter:

personally, i'd love to see what you have to say. How can you help us?

Hugs,
ladybrannon

Deedles:

this is a sort of answer...Which means here may be some pertinent information to your quest, but I havbe no real answer to your question...

I do know that is systemic lupus patients *cannot* give blood. Thus, it seems to reason then that we would also not be allowed to donate organs. *shrug*

now, as for why, I have been told several *different* reasons. So, I won't start a "why" here. I just thought this might offer *a little* help.

I hope you find some answers!
Hugs,
ladybrannon

Ok heres what I do know and what I don't

i know that in fetus's it is possible for a short while
for a child born to a mother with lupus they may have
symptoms until the immune system rights itself from the
mother's influence.

I know that lupus causes tissue damage and that is one
reason that organs cannot be donated.

Blood cannot be donated because of irregular immune cells.

I do not know if tissues donated could cause lupus.

I do know that several of the drugs given during such treatment
are known to cause drug-induced lupus.

However, like so many other questions related to lupus and the family
of autoimmune disorders why this may have happened
is still not known.

Well, not to be negative..............Just food for thought. And please guys don't go off on me when I say this. This is just what I think. I have read
sooo much about lupus from different sourses around the world. I don't think they know enough about lupus to say exactly what it is or if it can be transmitted to people who have a gene that is prone to autoimmune diseases. Or if lupus is a specific virus that is undetectable. I once spoke to my doctor and I said to him........"i think the cause of this disease is simple and everyone is looking to hard for a more complex cause". He was very fast to agree. And I was expecting him to disagree with me. It seems like the harder they look, the further they get. I also read that it is more probable for roomates to contract the disease then it is for people who are related. That really made me ponder. So to answer your question, I don't think anyone knows about lupus at all however, maybe
an accident in a lab will tell it's true story.

Maybe it's a side affect from a steath virus?


John