How many of you think that Lyme is sexually transmittable???

I would hate to rule anything out. There just hasn't been enough studies done on tick-born illnesses to be able to conclusively say much of anything on this subject, IMO.

They say there is no evidence to support any claims that Lyme can transmitted sexually. Maybe there isn't. And even if your spouse contracted Lyme, there is no way to be certain that this is how she contracted it. As betterhealth said, she could just have easily contracted it from a tick as you did.

However, my big question is this: The Lyme spriochetes are so very similar to syphillis spirochetes. I understand that does not make them identical. Still, the ease with which syphillis is transmitted does leave one wondering, doesn't it?

Has anyone found any reason WHY Bb would or could not be transmitted this way?

They (CDC, IDSA) state Lyme cannot be transmitted to the unborn child and claim there is no evidence of this. However, I have found story after story that it, in fact, HAS, and that is was found in the autopsy of one baby who died.

I will be very interested in other responses here.

I am especially interested in this. I went many years undiagnosed and started mostly with sudden severe anxiety. My husband refuses to consider even though suffering from sudden severe anxiety, sudden headaches, aching wrist, groin pain, insomnia, etc. He blames it all on stress and getting older, I just hope like hell three years from now I am not saying told you so cause trying to get IT after going undiagnosed for so long is not fun, as we all know.

if you google about it there is a website that has a video of the situation. It might me envita? I think they have it as the 3 ways it is transmitted.. tick bite, placenta, sex.

also 2 lyme doctors told me it is definitely sexuallly transmitted.

I think people in same houses have greater chance because they may be living in an INFESTED area like LONG ISLAND .
or if their cat has it . I read you get bartonella from flees.

who is kidding who here.???? this is a plague. Your spouse could have it and you haven't had sex since the seventies.

Sexuallly transmitted is not documented well but truthfully the whole reality of lyme is not documented well. Look how many other diseases are mis diagnosed and it is really lume.

Here is a really scairy question. Is it in the blood supply? can you catch lyme same way as Hep C and HIV?

Are they screening the blood banks for lyme and coinfections?

can you get lyme from shairing needles or a blood transfusion?

I have not seen Lyme mentioned, but when looking up babesia it says there is concern that it's in the blood supply. Babs shows up on smears and is a parasite. There's no reason to think it would not be transmitted thru transfusion. I used to give regularly, but not any more.Too much is unknown.

However, if I am ever coming up for surgery, I will give some blood for myself.

I've been told by two Lyme doctors that they do see cases of sexual transmission in their clinics. I agree with +Lyme, Bb is too similar to syphilis to be certain that it cannot be sexually transmitted! The appropriate studies have simply not been done!

Bucci, I don't know yet what the Dr will prescribe for my babs. For some reason, he wanted me on abx for appx 6 weeks before starting treatment for babs. None of them sound very good...... YUK!