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Posted by MY3BOYS (Member # 17830) on :
 
i am wondering if any studies out here for how contragious/ transmittable this is??

i understand the infection crosses placenta (have to get kids tested they most likely infected we are told)

and sexual transmission --ok.. gotta test hubby

but what about other family members??

we are a very close family, seriously kinda ridiculous really. drink, eat, etc..nobody thinks twice


had both grandmas in delivery room for all the kids..no biggie in our big ole family

so..my mother in law has had health issues for years..has symptoms

brother inlaw (her son) and wife having issue and some symptoms (night sweats, gi,etc)

and hubby aunt has lyme but has not gotten dx. had tick bite at family deer lease 12 +yrs ago with rash and prob. ever since. was dx with fibromyalgia and i have told her this is lyme and get tested, tx

so, we know there are ticks at family lease..not sure what to make of who should get worked up??

thankfully, no more lease -- was sold. but what have yall experienced with your own familys?

have you found this in gererations? close family?

thanks for input..seems the science on this is lacking...same for the testing..the science sucks.

i do not know how or when i got infected, has been at least 12 yrs. and was tx for "auto immune" and immunosuppresents for last 8-9 yrs as we did not know lyme was the prob..wonder if my immunosuppression would have made me more likely to spread this to anyone?? if my body was not fighting (no Igg response, just Igm and weird complement results, seems my immune system is shot) would i have been more likely to spread this ??

thanks for any insight
 

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Posted by billclo (Member # 12939) on :
 
As I understand it, the spirochete can be found in all body fluids, including saliva and semen. I also recall a mouse-study where infected mice were paired up with uninfected female mice and transmission was confirmed. I wish I could find it again.

There is plenty of controversy concerning this issue, with the CDC saying there's no confirmed cases. They're right in that none have been confirmed, but there appears to be substantial anecdotal evidence it can be.

Doing a human study on this to confirm transmission would be really hard and unethical. You'd literally have to take volunteers, sequester them for several months to confirm they are Lyme-free, have them have unprotected sex or kissing (but not both), continue to sequester them for several months and then check for antibodies/transmission. And then tell them by the way, you're now infected as well, sucka, and we don't know how to cure you, but here take this short ISDA-approved course of abx that probably won't do the trick.

Good luck finding volunteers for that study.
 

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Posted by AP (Member # 8430) on :
 

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Originally posted by billclo:
And then tell them by the way, you're now infected as well, sucka, and we don't know how to cure you, but here take this short ISDA-approved course of abx that probably won't do the trick.

Good luck finding volunteers for that study.

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Originally posted by bebfire:
Last week the Red Cross called me and asked for a blood donation. I told them I didn't think I could donate because I had lyme disease. She said, "let me look that up". She came back about a minute later and said "Nope, lyme is not on our list, you can donate!"

Dear Lord, I sure hope she just missed lyme on her list and that this isn't true!

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Originally posted by bettyg:
DO NOT GIVE BLOOD, ORGANS, SKIN TISSUE, EYES, ETC!!

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