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Syphilis

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Treponema Pallidum

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A pregnant person with syphilis can also pass it on to their unborn baby, which can cause a severe, disabling, and life-threatening infection in the baby and sometimes, the baby can die from it.

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A simple blood test is usually used to diagnose syphilis. If a person has an ulcer or sore this can also be tested for syphilis with a swab for a PCR test. Also, a single intramuscular injection of long acting Benzathine Penicillin G will cure a person who has primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis.

Syphilis can usually be treated with a short course of antibiotics. It's important to get it treated because syphilis won't normally go away on its own and it can cause serious problems if left untreated.

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Syphilis is curable with antibiotic treatment.

Syphilis is spread through sex: vaginal, anal, and oral.

Syphilis is a “skin-to-skin” disease. It can be transmitted when a sore or other syphilis lesion of a sex partner rubs against a tiny cut or opening in the skin.

Syphilis makes it much easier to get and give HIV.

Many people don’t notice syphilis symptoms or know they have syphilis.

The initial sore caused by syphilis is painless, and if the sore is inside the body (inside the penis, rectum, vagina, or mouth) it can’t be seen.

People with HIV and syphilis may be at higher risk for neurosyphilis (syphilis of the brain and spinal cord).

During pregnancy syphilis can be passed from mother to infant in utero through the placenta.

Syphilis can cause damaging complications or kill babies if it is transmitted to them.

Untreated syphilis can cause serious or fatal damage to the brain and heart, can paralyze, and can seriously damage the bones, nerves, liver, blood vessels, eyes, and joints, and other internal organs of an infected person.

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If not treated, the signs of syphilis will come and go over years. But, regardless, the infection will still be in your body and can lead to serious, permanent problems like damage to the nerves and large blood vessels near the heart.

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At first, syphilis causes sores or ulcers around the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina that are often painless and don't bleed.

Other symptoms are similar to those you experience when having the flu.

In its later stage, it can cause rashes, swollen glands, wart-like lumps on the body, hair loss, headaches, tiredness, and pain in muscles, bones, and joints.