I've read a couple of random comments about the possibility that Lyme and co-infections are contagious. Do any of you have any resources I can read regarding this topic?
Many of my friends and their children have both. Just curious if this is due to environmental issues, i.e. living in the same area, or if it really is contagious.
Thanks so much...
Posted by cactus (Member # 7347) on :
By contagious, what do you mean? Person to person, like a cold?
Many may disagree, but I don't think it's that easily transmissible from person to person.
I have Lyme and co's, and no one in my family has them. Spouse, children - all healthy.
No one in my extended family has Lyme or co's either, despite my sometimes wish that someone else had it just so I wouldn't be the weirdo in the family.
None of my friends pre-Lyme have this either, but I now have friends with Lyme thanks to meeting them through support groups.
I think it's a matter of living in the same area, being exposed to the same ticks and variables.
Do your friends and their kids participate in the same type of activities that you do (something outside), or have animals that go outside?
Or maybe you are one of the lucky ones who *might* have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia et al, but with your astute friends' experience, you knew to suspect Lyme?! Posted by Imhis4life (Member # 26581) on :
Cactus...thanks for responding. Our oldest son has Lyme and Babesia. I have been sick for a year and if I wrote out my symptoms, the majority of folks on this board would tell me to find an LLMD. I will be evaluated soon but was curious what others have found in their research.
I don't remember ever taking a tick off of myself but removing 3 from my son.
I read something on one of these threads that someone believed these could be transmitted person-to-person through saliva and sexually transmitted as well.
Thanks again...
Posted by elizzza811 (Member # 24713) on :
Has anyone considered the possibility that Lyme may only 'appear' contageous because some environmental factor is being overlooked, like proximity to cell phone towers? Members of the same household would share similar exposures from that standpoint.
Chronic Lyme and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (Radiation Sickness) share identical symptoms. In fact, they're so close that I'm tempted to say that people with Electrosensitivity and chronic Lyme are likely suffering from one in the same. Perhaps the only difference is that EHS-ers can 'feel' their bugs responding to the information-carrying waves. EHS is a recognized illness in other countries, and EMF researchers seem to be getting harrassed much like Dr. B did...
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