Contagious: Lichen sclerosis
| About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Lichen sclerosis is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness", "transmission" or "transmissability". Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents. For an overview of contagion, see Introduction to Contagion. |
Contagion summary: Not contagious. Not even sexual contact.
Contagion summary:
No, lichen sclerosus is not contagious.1
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Questions and Answers About Lichen Sclerosis: NIAMS
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