Re: Lyme spread by kissing?

December 13, 2009

MKK,

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I'm interested in others comments as well as this is also an important topic

with me. I asked myÂ LLMD who said kissing and sexual contact does not spread

Lyme's. He offered as a reference thatÂ in his years of treating people rarely

does he treat spouses. I contracted Lymes in September an got on abx within a

month.Â Throughout that timeÂ I have been active with my Girlfriend and she has

not come down with Lymes.

From: marlajones@... <marlajones@...>

Subject: [ ] Lyme spread by kissing?

Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 12:43 AM

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Hello, does anyone know if it is true that Lyme can be spread by kissing?

I know it can be spread as an STD.

I don't want to foist this terrible disease on anyone else!

I am on antibiotic treatment.

Thanks.

-MKK

December 13, 2009

My LLMD says that 30% of his practice involves both spouses. Maureen

December 13, 2009

Athough there's no way of knowing if that's through contact with each other, or

the fact that they've lived in the same places for a long time.

My whole family has been tested. My son has it. My husband and daughter don't.

It's not clear if my son got it in utero, or on the ranch we used to live on (in

the same mountains where I'd been bitten a decade earlier), or later on when he

was running feral on some land we owned just a few lots over from Phyllis, in

California's Lyme Ground Zero.

Sara

On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:57 09PM, Maureen Havenner wrote:

> My LLMD says that 30% of his practice involves both spouses. Maureen

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around the

> net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

>

> MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

>

December 13, 2009

I do not know - and I am not sure the mecial community even knows how easily

this can be passed, but I do know many family memebers end up with it....seems

like it is probably passed easier than we realize.

>

> Hello, does anyone know if it is true that Lyme can be spread by kissing?

>

> I know it can be spread as an STD.

>

> I don't want to foist this terrible disease on anyone else!

>

> I am on antibiotic treatment.

>

> Thanks.

>

> -MKK

>

December 14, 2009

I think it would stand to reason that Lyme can be spread through bodily fluids,

much like its cous in, Syphillis. I asked my LLMD about the possibility and she

strongly recommended using a condom. I don't know that there is proof positive

evidence one way or the other, but why chance it? I need my husband to stay

healthy for my bad days :-)

> >

> > Hello, does anyone know if it is true that Lyme can be spread by kissing?

> >

> > I know it can be spread as an STD.

> >

> > I don't want to foist this terrible disease on anyone else!

> >

> > I am on antibiotic treatment.

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> > -MKK

> >

December 14, 2009

Where is California's Lyme Ground Zero?

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Sara <srobinson@...

> wrote:

>

> Athough there's no way of knowing if that's through contact with each

> other, or the fact that they've lived in the same places for a long time.

>

> My whole family has been tested. My son has it. My husband and daughter

> don't. It's not clear if my son got it in utero, or on the ranch we used to

> live on (in the same mountains where I'd been bitten a decade earlier), or

> later on when he was running feral on some land we owned just a few lots

> over from Phyllis, in California's Lyme Ground Zero.

>

> Sara

>

> On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:57 09PM, Maureen Havenner wrote:

>

> > My LLMD says that 30% of his practice involves both spouses. Maureen

> >

> > ------------------------------------

>

> >

> > Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around

> the

> > net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

> >

> > MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> > http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

> >

December 14, 2009

There's a Lyme map of California floating around (it's probably from CALDA) that

shows where cases have been concentrated.

And the densest part of the whole map is a little patch in the hills of

Mendocino County, just north of Ukiah.

We used to have some acreage right in the middle of that patch.

Sara

On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:27 17AM, Pwr2Heal wrote:

> Where is California's Lyme Ground Zero?

>

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Sara <srobinson@...

>> wrote:

>

>>

>> Athough there's no way of knowing if that's through contact with each

>> other, or the fact that they've lived in the same places for a long time.

>>

>> My whole family has been tested. My son has it. My husband and daughter

>> don't. It's not clear if my son got it in utero, or on the ranch we used to

>> live on (in the same mountains where I'd been bitten a decade earlier), or

>> later on when he was running feral on some land we owned just a few lots

>> over from Phyllis, in California's Lyme Ground Zero.

>>

>> Sara

>>

>> On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:57 09PM, Maureen Havenner wrote:

>>

>>> My LLMD says that 30% of his practice involves both spouses. Maureen

>>>

>>> ------------------------------------

>>

>>>

>>> Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around

>> the

>>> net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

>>>

>>> MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

>>> http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

>>>

December 14, 2009

Thanks, Sara. I looked on CALDA and didn't see a map like that. I have

heard Mendocino County is really bad, though.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Sara <srobinson@...

> wrote:

>

> There's a Lyme map of California floating around (it's probably from CALDA)

> that shows where cases have been concentrated.

>

> And the densest part of the whole map is a little patch in the hills of

> Mendocino County, just north of Ukiah.

>

> We used to have some acreage right in the middle of that patch.

>

> Sara

>

> On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:27 17AM, Pwr2Heal wrote:

>

> > Where is California's Lyme Ground Zero?

> >

> > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Sara <

> srobinson@... <srobinson%40cosmiccowgrrl.com>

> >> wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> Athough there's no way of knowing if that's through contact with each

> >> other, or the fact that they've lived in the same places for a long

> time.

> >>

> >> My whole family has been tested. My son has it. My husband and daughter

> >> don't. It's not clear if my son got it in utero, or on the ranch we used

> to

> >> live on (in the same mountains where I'd been bitten a decade earlier),

> or

> >> later on when he was running feral on some land we owned just a few lots

> >> over from Phyllis, in California's Lyme Ground Zero.

> >>

> >> Sara

> >>

> >> On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:57 09PM, Maureen Havenner wrote:

> >>

> >>> My LLMD says that 30% of his practice involves both spouses. Maureen

> >>>

> >>> ------------------------------------

> >>

> >>>

> >>> Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around

> >> the

> >>> net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

> >>>

> >>> MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> >>> http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

> >>>

December 14, 2009

One LLMD told me that through research, spirochetes have been found in semen,

supporting the theory that Lyme can be passed through sexual contact. She told

me that in order to eradicate my lyme, my husband would have to get

tested/treated also. He has not been tested yet. If he is positive, it has not

reared its ugly head yet, and we both feel that he cannot afford to get sick

with the start of treatment. He is holding the rest of the family together right

now, with myself and two kids sick with lyme. But if I cannot get rid of it

without him getting treated, well, it's a double edged sword.

Dara

>

> From: marlajones@... <marlajones@...>

> Subject: [ ] Lyme spread by kissing?

>

> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 12:43 AM

>

> Â

>

> Hello, does anyone know if it is true that Lyme can be spread by kissing?

>

> I know it can be spread as an STD.

>

> I don't want to foist this terrible disease on anyone else!

>

> I am on antibiotic treatment.

>

> Thanks.

>