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Syphilis is a bacterial infection entering the body through breaks in the skin or linings of the genital area. Over time, goes on to damage internal organs (heart, brain, spinal cord).

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infectious (STI) disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. This bacterium causes infection when it gets into broken skin or mucus membranes, usually of the genitals.

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It starts off as painless ulcers (chancre) usually on genitals. Soon after in causes swollen glands, hair loss, and a rash.

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Approximately 40% of babies born to women with untreated syphilis can be stillborn or die from the infection as a newborn. 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.

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If it's not treated, syphilis can cause serious and potentially life-threatening problems including: heart problems like angina (chest pain that occurs when the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen-rich blood), aortic aneurysm (balloon-like bulge in the aorta) and heart failure. As well as, brain problems like seizures, personality changes and dementia.

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A single injection of long-acting Benzathine penicillin G can cure the early stages of syphilis. This includes primary, secondary, or early latent (within the past 12 months) syphilis. CDC recommends three doses of long-acting Benzathine penicillin G at weekly intervals for late latent (longer than 12 months) syphilis or latent syphilis of unknown duration.