BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW TO LIVE WITH LUPUS

With lupus, can I donate my blood?

NO, even though the blood of lupus patients is no less "good" than that of the general

population, as a precautionary principle, all autoimmune diseases with autoantibodies are considered a contraindication to blood donation, even if the disease is not transmitted by autoantibodies. Moreover, lupus patients can have anemia, which is another contraindication to blood donation.