How sexually active were you (in the 1-3 year span) prior to ME/CFS? POLL

[sometexan84]

I know this is a touchy subject. Please don't feel obligated to answer if it makes you uncomfortable.

There are numerous infections that can be transmitted sexually, so I think this is a fair poll that could possibly correlate, considering multiple infections are often seen in ME/CFS.

(It will not show who voted, just the raw number of votes)

 

[bensmith]

Less for me but did pick up a vd or two.

 

[tmurphy]

I’ve only had sex with my wife, and I’m pretty certain she’s been monogamous also.

 

[Rebeccare]

(There's not an option in the poll for this) I got sick when I was a teenager, so I had not been sexually active at all beforehand.

 

[sometexan84]

I was surprised to learn how many infections can be sexually transmitted.

Infections that can be transmitted through sexual activity
(that have also been implicated in ME/CFS and/or chronic fatigue; not all are traditionally considered as a "sexually transmitted disease"; not exhaustive)

Zika Virus
Candida albicans
HSV 1/2
HHV-6
EBV
HIV
Hepatitis
Group A Streptococcus
HHV-8 Kaposi's sarcoma
CMV
H. pylori
HTLV 1/2
Giardia lamblia
T. gondii
Brucella (rare)
Coxiella burnetii
E. coli
Coronavirus
Lyme (suggestive studies, yet to unconfirmed)
Adenovirus (some types)
Mycoplasma genitalium

 

[Sledgehammer]

I was surprised to learn how many infections can be sexually transmitted.

Infections that can be transmitted through sexual activity
(that have also been implicated in ME/CFS and/or chronic fatigue; not all are traditionally considered as a "sexually transmitted disease"; not exhaustive)

Zika Virus
Candida albicans
HSV 1/2
HHV-6
EBV
HIV
Hepatitis
Group A Streptococcus
HHV-8 Kaposi's sarcoma
CMV
H. pylori
HTLV 1/2
Giardia lamblia
T. gondii
Brucella (rare)
Coxiella burnetii
E. coli
Coronavirus
Lyme (suggestive studies, yet to unconfirmed)
Adenovirus (some types)
Mycoplasma genitalium

O-M-G

I came into contact with more people (not sexually) that had mutant flu like diseases on my life's journey.
After a while I came to loathe those who brought their diseases to work and passed them around