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But!! Both girls that i have been with recently have had drastic changes in their attitudes for no reason at all. The first girl i am speaking of i was with for 9 years.

She is the mother of my daughter whom is almost four years old now so I know she wouldn't have had it before getting pregnant. THANK GOD>

But, she did seem to take on the same type of attitude that my current girlfriend has.

Both of them seemed to just start acting differently all of a sudden and it makes me wonder if I may have passed it to them and not even known it.

I didn't know i had it until just about a week ago now.

And I am just making an educated guess really based on all of my symptoms and reading about all of yours.

If anyone knows anything about this let me know.

When I first went to the doctor it was for what i thought was an allergic reaction to soap or something else because I had rash on my lower abdomen that progressed down.

He said it was nothing sexually transmitted and nothing to worry about. I also thought that i had a urinary tract infection but he ruled that out also.

Only a week or so before that is when I started having chestpains for the first time.

And about a week before I went to the doctor, my girlfriend went for her checkup and had many different tests done and all came back negative for any std's.

She had bacterial vaginosis. Could that have been caused by me having lyme? We didn't really use protection and rarely ever do.

SO if it is sexually transmitted then It would surely explain her total change in attitude and the way she is acting lately.

Some say yes, some say no. Most people say their answer based upon their own experience. However, BB has been cultured in most bodily fluids, with probably the exception of saliva, if I remember correctly.

I think it's even been cultured in tears? Hmm...

But there are couples who are members of this site who definitely got it from one another. There are also members of this site who are married and have healthy unprotected sex lives whose partners do not show symptoms.

If you ask me, the jury is still out, and that means you oughta put a jacket on before you go into the rain, so to speak.

If you're concerned, the best thing to do is get them tested through a reliable testing company (Igenex or Fry), and then figure it out from there. I'd think you'd have your answer then.

Of course, they could always have gotten it from a tick, but the evidence would certainly be more compelling that it might be sexually transmitted if it were 2 women you were with that got it, dontcha think?

There are repeated threads throughout this forum regarding this argument--if you do a search on something like "lyme sexually transmitted" you should find them. You'll find much the same answer I have posted, I believe.

Good luck to you.

Hugs,

jen

Then I go back to thinking that there are so many people walking around out there with this and not even know it, whose to say something didn't just trigger it to come out.... tricky topic I know.

Even though there is debate about it, I really feel it is sexually transmitted. That is how I believe my husband got lyme. He was perfectly healthy until about a month after we started sleeping together, and then...he got the flu like symptoms, but with no known cause...all tests came back negative, etc...

The bacterial vaginosis your gf has prob isn't related to the lyme...Vaginas are delicate things...if the pH is disrupted just a LITTLE bit, bad bacteria can flourish! Its a problem all of us women face at some point! Also, sex can cause bacterial vaginosis when the semen comes in contact with the vaginal wall. The normal pH of a vagina is slightly acidic (3.8-5ish), and semen tends to be somewhat basic to neutral...therefore, semen can disrupt vaginal pH easily!

I hope this helps some! My LLMD is CONVINCED lyme is sexually transmitted...and it has even been found in dust in Africa!

Lyme is an insane disease and Borrelia are very adept, sneaky creatures! Good luck with all this mess...I know it sucks!