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A member asked:

Will i catch h.pylori from my wife just by kissing her and having sex? she is being tteated now

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Dr. Marius Frasie answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Infection: Likely you have it by now, get a test yourself.

Answered 9/13/2013

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly: Humans are the main reservoir for h. Pylori, and human-to-human transmission is possible. There's some evidence of oral-oral transmission but it's scarce. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=8547533 chances are you both have it by now, anyway.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/16/2013

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