Hi everyone,
I was having a conversation with someone at a hospital today about both Lupus and MS.
Long story short this person said something that confused me and I wanted to know if any of the smart folks on this board could enlighten me here.
They said, "Lupus is a idiopathic disease and MS is not".


OK, what the heck does this mean? I thought Lupus and MS were very similar and therefore both of them would be idiopathic diseases????
What the heck does idiopathic even mean???
Sorry for the dumb question but my curiosity is up now.:hehe:
I was having a conversation with someone at a hospital today about both Lupus and MS.
Long story short this person said something that confused me and I wanted to know if any of the smart folks on this board could enlighten me here.
They said, "Lupus is a idiopathic disease and MS is not".
OK, what the heck does this mean? I thought Lupus and MS were very similar and therefore both of them would be idiopathic diseases????
What the heck does idiopathic even mean???
Sorry for the dumb question but my curiosity is up now.:hehe: