Complications that may be caused by syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It is easily treated with antibiotics. However, if there is syphilis and is not treated, the infection can lead to a number of serious conditions that cause dangerous, even life-threatening complications.

Syphilis is a bacterial infection that is usually spread through sexual contact. The disease begins with pain but does not cause pain – typically on the genitals, rectum or mouth.

Syphilis is transmitted from person to person through the skin or mucous membranes in contact with ulcers. After infection, syphilis bacteria can hibernation part of the body for decades before it works again. Early detection syphilis is treatable, sometimes with just one penicillin injection.

However, in case of infection without treatment can cause serious damage to the heart, brain or other bodies and can be life-threatening. Syphilis can also be transmitted from mother to child at birth.

Syphilis is caused by a bacterium Treponema pallidum. The most common route of transmission is through contact with an infected person during sexual activity. The bacteria enter the body through small cuts or abrasions on the skin or mucous membranes.

Syphilis is an infectious disease in the primary and second stages, and sometimes in the early latent stages. Less commonly, syphilis can be spread through uns guarded direct close contact with active lesions (such as during kissing) or through infected mothers for the fetus during pregnancy or childbirth (congenital syphilis).

Syphilis cannot be spread using the same toilet, bathtub, clothing or utensils, or from door handles, swimming pools or hot tubs.

Once cured, syphilis does not recur. However, re-infection can still be caused if exposed to syphilis from an infected person.

Without treatment syphilis can lead to the destruction of the whole body. In addition, syphilis also increases the risk of HIV infection and for women can cause dangerous conditions during pregnancy. Treatment can help prevent the destruction of syphilis on the body in the future but cannot overcome or eliminate the destruction of the disease previously caused.

Possible complications caused by syphilis:

• Small bumps or tumors are called gummas. These bumps can develop on the skin, bones, liver or any other body in the final stages of syphilis. Gummas often disappears after antibiotic treatment.
• Neurological problems. Syphilis can cause a number of problems with the nervous system including: Headache, stroke, meningitis, hearing loss; dementia, loss of pain and temperature, sexual dysfunction in men (helpless), inaubation bladder …
• Visual problems such as poor vision, loss of light reflection, numb eye muscles, severe damage to the visual nerve can lead to blindness.
• Cardiovascular problems. Syphilis can affect the functioning of the heart. These can include aneurysm (aneurysm) and aortic inflammation – this is the main artery of the body and of other blood vessels. Syphilis can also damage the heart valve.
• HIV infection. Adults with sexually transmitted syphilis or other genital ulcers are two to five times more likely to get HIV. A jiang wound
• Syphilis can easily bleed, providing an easy way for HIV to enter the bloodstream during sexual activity.
• Complications during pregnancy and childbirth. If pregnant, the mother can transmit syphilis to the fetus. Congenital syphilis significantly increases the risk of miscarriage, still still pregnancy or infant death within a few days of birth.

There is no vaccine for syphilis. To help prevent the spread of syphilis should:

• Abstinence or a married activity. The next best option is married sex, in which both people only have sex with each other and no infected partner.
• Use a condom. Condoms can reduce the risk of syphilis, but only in locations where condoms can cover syphilis ulcers.
• Avoid entertaining, entertaining drugs such as ecstasy. Abuse of alcohol or other drugs can inhibit self-judgment and lead to unsafe sex.
• If there is syphilis, it is advisable to inform the partner for backup treatment.
• If tests show you have syphilis, your partner – including your current partner and any other partner you have had sex with in the last three months to a year – needs to be informed so they can be tested. If they become infected, they can quickly be treated.
• Partner notifications can help limit the spread of syphilis. The practice also helps those at risk of the disease to receive the right advice and treatment regimens that are highly effective. And since you can get syphilis many times, the partner's announcement will reduce the risk of reinfection.
• Screening for pregnant women. People can get infected with syphilis and don't know it. In the context that syphilis can often be fatal for uns yet-born babies, health officials recommend that all pregnant women be examined for the disease.

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Article reference source: webmd.com, mayoclinic.org

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