I don't remember getting bit, but I do know that my husband has been several times. I was the first one of us to get sick and the sickest of us both. We live in the woods of Virginia. I have researched this question without much success. Just wondering if it is being considered more. After all, it is a bacteria that is found in the endocrine system. So, can it be given to your partner?
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
IDSA docs say it's insane and no. Some ILADS docs say for sure. Others say not. Mixed opinion. Who knows.
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
I don't think it has actually been scientifically proven; but many think it can be sexually transmitted.
Posted by justchugginalong (Member # 23309) on :
I am a newly diagnosed lymer. I have only been severly sick for 6 months and have found myself wonderin' all sorts of things. I find it insane that this disease is so misundersood along with the patients that suffer from it. Thanks for your answer. It means alot to me that I now know that I am not alone.
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
Sorry, you are ill!
I have been ill for 3 and 1/2 years, been treating Lyme for a year and a half; and I still find it insane how misunderstood this illness is.
Posted by Abxnomore (Member # 18936) on :
As mentioned above there are contradicting thoughts on this subject. However, if borrelia is the cousin to syhillis and the lyme spirochete is known to be transmitted through the placenta and
breast milk and if it has been found in sperm samples, IMO it's very likely that it can be sexually transmitted. Frankly, I just think no one wants to go near this subject, considering that we are still battling the legitimacy of whether Lyme can become chronic all these years later.
But as mentioned, there is no definitive position on this subject yet, only some doctors who have noticed a correlation among their patients who co-habitate.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
My lyme doc believes it can be transmitted sexually, but that this type of transmission is rare.
Also, it would more likely happen from man to woman rather than the other way around because there is greater exchange of bodily fluids from man to woman.
I know another lyme doc who believes that if a lyme patient's partner has lyme, the patient will continue to relapse, especially if the patient is a woman. So, this doc likes to check both people for lyme.
I had undiagnosed lyme for 10 years and my husband has been fine throughout the entire ordeal until this day.
Posted by joalice1 (Member # 23295) on :
Hey sutherngrl. I am not far away(actually your neighbor, from La.) and looking for a Lyme doc. Got any suggestions? They are very hard to find in my opinion. Thanks. jo
Posted by Jane S (Member # 22586) on :
My LLMD says NO to that question...
Posted by Hannemannn (Member # 21133) on :