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Ok I really don't believe that I got bite by a tick and that is how I got this disease.
I think I got it from my husband. He hasn't been tested yet (next week) but I am sure he has it.
He has many of the same symptoms as me and some other weird ones. But he just isn't in as much pain from it yet.
He is a big hunter. Has a deer lease and goes on hunts in very HIGH RISK LYME areas. He has picked many ticks off of himself.
So here is my question, do you believe this disease is spread by sexual contact?
I have read doctors who believe it and doctors who do not. I am very curious if it is possible this is how I got infected.
What are your thoughts?
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Michelle M
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Well, the official answer is:
The jury is OUT.
You said it yourself: Some doctors say yes, some say no.
I don't believe there are any good studies yet on sexual transmission.
One reason that may be is that it's next to impossible to rule out the possibility that you MAY have been bitten without even knowing it. After all, about half the people with lyme have no recall of a bite. The tick that probably did it was the size of a period at the end of a sentence -- NOT the size of that tick you pulled off a dog some time or 'tother.
Anyway, I wish the best in treatment for you and hubby.
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Syphillis (another spirochete) is sexually transmitted -- that is common knowledge. I can't remember the reference at the moment, but Bb spirochetes have been found in semen.... that is enough for me to think that the possibility exists that lyme is transmissible sexually.
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Sexual transmissability of Lyme has been discussed numerous times in the past. Try a search and you should turn up lots of info and opinions -- on both sides of the debate.
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lymie tony z
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All though sexual transmission may be debatable...
What is not in question is proximity...
You say he has taken ticks off of himself numerous times. I will assume you live in the same house as your husband and do his laundry!? Sleep in same bed?
He may not have gotten rid of all of the ticks that had crawled onto him or his clothes.
Given that some 70 percent of folks never see tick bite or tick or rash....you may have indeed been bitten and not even know when or where.
I belive it is sexually transmitted however in a lot of cases where family members are infected the reasons could be as simple as those suggested above.
zman
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Just wondering. This Texas girl wants to know where the lease is located?
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lymie tony z
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TU TU TU...
I believe a deer lease is when one purchases a parcel of land on which to hunt deer! Or something like that!
I agree with Cave....
the woman here are MUCH MUCH SICKER than we guys!
You set yourself up for that one cavey!!
zman
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I know what a deer lease is. I wanted to know where her husband has been hunting. It might be exactly where I was blessed with Lyme.
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Cobweb
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I never saw the tick that got me.
And I ditto Zman's conjecture-a tick could fall off your husband- wander aimlessly around the house or on the couch or bed and onto it's next unsuspecting victim.
I also ditto Michele's comment- the jury is still out.
Guys are whimps anyway- the real crazy ones don't even know they're crazy.
heiwalove
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some of you probably don't want to deal with this question, but for those of you who aren't judgmental/homophobic:
anyone know about possible transmission of lyme (or, since there probably are ZERO studies about that, the related spirochete syphilis) between two women?
heiwalove
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thanks for responding cave.. and sorry about that, it's just that, well, i've gotten some, um, LESS than friendly feedback from folks on this board when i've come out as a lesbian.
unfortunately, not eveyone who struggles with serious adversity (including those who are or have been desperately ill with lyme) is accepting of those with life experiences/battles different from their own.
lymie tony z
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I ain't affeered a you cavey!!!
Actually I would like to someday meet all the wacky women and guys here and put some faces to alllll the names.
listen webhead....I resemble that remark!
Heiwalove....MAN that's HOT!
Hey I just happen to like the female body over the male body! What's wrong with that!?
However getting back to the subject....hey mucous membrane is mucous membrane...and considering what you girls have to go thru every month....
Ya know what I mean? If it's communicable it's communicable ya know!?
I'm sure the tick or the bacteria don't know the difference in partners....
Hope you have a sense of humor about that stuff H....cuz now you're on my HA HA scope!
564 to 1...well at least I got my 1....LOL
BFN zman
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heiwalove
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haha, awesome cave.
and yeah i know i know, ultimate straight male fantasy. unfortunately for you tony z, being a dyke has nothing at all to do with men, and nope, you can't watch.
lymie tony z
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WOW...Good one cave...
I kinda like that position too now that you mention it! Very relaxing on the bottom...not much work involved...
Hey heiwalove...they coulda really used ya when Katrina hit!!!
And hey...isn't a dyke kinda the male part in a lesbian relationship!?
By the way...already been there...done that on a couple occassions and or tri-relationships.
I'm just a product of having been in my teens in the 60's and in my 20's in the 70's...zman
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