Dear Stephen, I got lyme disease and was treated with high doses of antibiotics. I have not had any symptoms since than but I’m wondering if I should be concerned about infecting my girlfriend or potential future children.
sexual transmission
Can you get lyme disease from kissing?
Dear Stephen, Do you think a person can get lyme from kissing someone with lyme?
Sexual transmission
Dear Stephen, In the Transmission section of your website and book you mention “long term” sexual contact as a possible means of transmission.
Parasite or lyme infection after analingus
Dear Stephen, I am writing from India. I do not have a real diagnosis yet. My WBC count and my eosinophils went high about a year and a half ago. I had a sexual encounter involving analingus just before this.
Sexual transmission of lyme, and pregnancy
Dear Stephen, I think I contracted lyme from my husband when we were trying to get pregnant. I am being treated with antibiotics now. How long should we wait before it would be safe to try and get pregnant again?
Is lyme disease sexually transmitted?
Dear Stephen, There seems to be some evidence that lyme disease is potentially passed on through sexual activity. What do you think the risks are, and would the risk be different for same-sex activity?
Preventing lyme transmission through body fluids
Dear Stephen, Our 21 year old son was diagnosed last month with chronic lyme. Is there any herb to keep his future wife from getting infected?
Blood in semen
Dear Stephen, My question is about the likelihood of lyme being transmitted sexually and specifically if that would manifest itself as bloody semen.