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If an enlarged seminal vescile is cause by a bactetial infection, can it infect someone else by having sex?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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It depends: If the infection is from a bug that is sexually transmitted then yes. If it is not a bug that is an STD then no. Normal bacterial infections are not contagious sexually.

Dr Dohan agreed

Answered 3/22/2020

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A member asked:

If an enlarged seminal vescile is cause by a bactetial infection, can it infect someone else by having sex?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Killian answered

Dr Dohan agreed

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