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seekhelp
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Some say yes, others say no. People like Wormser, Shapiro and other key IDSA figures say it's hogwash.
Posts: 7545 | From The 5th Dimension - The Twilight Zone | Registered: Mar 2008
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Our llmd thinks it is possible, but he is more a believer that it will require a skin rapture of some sort to actually get the bacteria from one person to the other. The blood contact might be the key.
Is that what's being known about HIV as well?
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SForsgren
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Blood contact seems unlikely to be key. If they have found the bacteria in sperm, not sure why it would take blood to transmit it.
I don't know the answer, but I think it is enough of a risk to take appropriate precautions. If one person is being treated and the other not, it potentially risks the treatment as you may be exposed to reinfection.
-------------------- Be well, Scott Posts: 4617 | From San Jose, CA | Registered: Jul 2005
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I haven't been bit by any ticks... and we didn't use any protection prior to my husbands diagnosis and treatment- (we will now!!)
...so if I come down w/ Lyme disease I will let you all know.
Thanks for your help.
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gemofnj
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That subject is very controversial.
It is known that couples travel in the same environments, eg. golfing, hiking, camping, biking, visiting families in endemic areas, pets, etc. so some doctors feel that one person can have a weaker immune system and they come down with 'First.'
Then the other partner gets it at a later time. And you dont always find a tick bite.
Some people absolutely feel it can be transmitted. So far, there is no known medical proof that it can.
I had lyme and my husband never contracted it. We never took any precautions. Maybe it was a fluke.
Always do what you feel is comfortable for you.
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Yes
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-------------------- ping "We are more than containers for Lyme" Posts: 1302 | From Back in TX again | Registered: Mar 2005
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Hoosiers51
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Just so that there is no confusion, weren't the Lyme spirochetes found in human seminal fluid (semen) dead? And I'm not sure it if was a whole spirochete, or fragments.
That is not to say live Lyme spirochetes ("bb") can or cannot exist in semen.
Personally, I would be careful in the presence of open sores or blood. My male partner doesn't have Lyme disease, so it's not something I can really advise on either way beyond that.
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EtherealGirl
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I'd really like to know because I have Lyme Disease and don't want to give it to my partner. Then again, I'm wondering if it's harder for a man to get it from a woman than vice versa?
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My husband has a really low heart rate (lower than lance armstrongs) and he has a funny heartbeat. According to the Lyme Friendly cardio doc, there is very little it could be besides lyme and co.
I think it is possible. Perhaps even likely that co-infects are even easier to pass.
Don't know. Don't want to have 4 out of 4 in our house with Lyme so we are staying in denial. Can't afford testing for him. Still paying for the kids labs.
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