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Can A Person Get MS From Having A Blood Transfusion?
I have MS nobody in my family has ever had it. I have had on two different times blood transfusion once when I had my youngest child on then again when I had by-pass surgery. my question is can a person get MS from having blood transfusion? I have looked it up about donated blood and they don t or wont tell if the blood is tested for MS
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is not transmitted by blood transfusion.
MS is a non-communicable disease caused by degeneration of neurons in white mater of brain.
Thus, it cannot get transmitted by blood transfusion or by any other body fluid.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is not transmitted by blood transfusion.
MS is a non-communicable disease caused by degeneration of neurons in white mater of brain.
Thus, it cannot get transmitted by blood transfusion or by any other body fluid.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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