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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 syphilis. CDC recommends three doses of long-acting Benzathine penicillin G at weekly intervals for late latent syphilis or latent syphilis of unknown duration. Treatment will cure the infection and prevent further damage, but it will not repair damage already done.

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Having safe sex is the best way to prevent syphilis. The preventive measures include: using condoms, use dental dams during oral sex, reducing the number of people you have sex with, avoiding sex with an infected person and going for regular checkups

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Syphilis long term can cause; headache, hearing loss, stroke, HIV and more.

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During pregnancy, syphilis can also be passed on to an unborn baby. The babies may be stillborn or may also die after birth from infection of syphilis.

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The first sign of syphilis is a small sore, called a chancre. The sore appears at the spot where the bacteria entered your body. While most people infected with syphilis develop only one chancre, some people develop several of them.

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The cause of syphilis is a bacterium called Treponema pallidum.

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Syphilis can travel through something as small as a papercut, but is usually transferred through sexual intercourse.

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This is an example of a syphilis bacteria in the body. This bacterium attacks your immune system.