Syphilisis bacterial disease that is caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum.
It can be treated in early stages. Without treatment it can lead to fatal
disorders like neurological disorders and death. It is highly contagious
disease that is commonly spread by the sexual activity, including oral and anal
sex. The disease primarily starts in the form of painless sore particularly on
genital, rectum or mouth. Disease can be transferred to other person by close
bodily contact. The pregnant woman will transfer this disease to new born. The
bacteria can pass from mother to fetus. The disease cannot spread by using same
objects like doorknobs and toilet seats. The disease is divided into different
phases on the basis of symptoms, primary, secondary, latent, tertiary,
neurosyphilis, congenital syphilis. The symptoms for primary syphilis appears
about three weeks of exposure. The main symptom is formation of painless sores.
These sores are called as chancres. Without cure the disease may lead to next
phase. The secondary symptoms include muscle aches, fever, sore throat, patchy
hair loss, swollen lymph nodes etc. The latent syphilis can last for long time
sometimes for years. This phase occurs without particular symptoms.
Thelate or tertiary syphilis occur after 10 to 30 years of infection. This phase
is very fatal because it includes organ damage like damage to heart, blood
vessels, liver, bones and joints. Neurosyphilis is a phase in which bacteria
spread to nervous system. This results in dementia, headache, abnormal gait,
weakness. In congenital syphilis, infection can transfer from mother to
offspring. The symptoms in child are fever, saddle nose, small blisters hands
and feet. Penicillin is widely using for the treatment of syphilis. Only
single, long term, intramuscular injection of Benzathine penicillin G can cure
all types of syphilis.
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