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Untreated syphilis can lead to damage to the brain, eyes, heart, nerves, bones, joints, and liver. You could also become paralyzed, blind, demented, or lose feeling in the body.

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum.

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Syphilis is often treated with penicillin.

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There are three stages of this infection. The primary stage begins when a chancre sore develops where the infection enters the body. The secondary stage symptoms include rashes on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and other parts of the body. The late stages of syphilis can cause tumors, blindness, and paralysis.

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Approximately 40% of babies born to women with untreated syphilis can be stillborn or die from the infection. Also, babies born with congenital syphilis can have bone damage, severe anemia, enlarged liver and spleen, jaundice, nerve problems causing blindness or deafness, meningitis, or skin rashes.