Find out information about congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis occurs when the mother has syphilis that transmits pathogenic bacteria to the fetus during pregnancy. Therefore, women need to perform syphilis tests during pregnancy to protect the child from this dangerous disease.

1. How does syphilis affect fetuses and babies?

Syphilis greatly affects the health of the fetus and the health of the maternity depends on the time the maternity is sick and has been treated or not.

For the fetus, syphilis can cause:

  • abort
  • Still still-death pregnancy
  • Premature birth
  • Light weight
  • Death immediately after birth

Up to 40% of babies die from premature birth or from infection in women with uns treated syphilis.

For babies born with syphilis can cause:

  • Bone deformity
  • Severe anemia
  • Hepatic and spleen hypertrosmosis
  • Jaundice and yellow eyes
  • Brain and neurological problems, such as blindness or deafness
  • Meningitis
  • dermatitis

Syphilis spreads from mother to child

Syphilis can spread from mother to child and adversely affect children's health

2. Do all babies born with congenital syphilis have symptoms of syphilis?

It is possible that babies with congenital syphilis do not have any symptoms of the disease at birth. But if not treated, the child may develop serious problems in the first few weeks after birth, but they can also occur years later.

For children who are not treated for congenital syphilis, after which the disease progresses, the child may die from infection, developmental delay or seizures.

3. Does syphilis be tested during pregnancy?

All pregnant women should be tested for syphilis at the first pregnancy visit. If not performed on the first visit, be sure to ask your doctor about the syphilis test on your next visit. Some women should be checked several times during pregnancy.

Maternity notes that, despite having syphilis, there may not be any symptoms, so the maternity does not know that she has the disease. In addition, the symptoms of syphilis can be very mild or resemble signs of other conditions. The test is the only way to confirm exactly whether there is syphilis.

4. Is syphilis cured?

Syphilis can be treated and cured with antibiotics. If the maternity tests positive for syphilis during pregnancy, it is best to treat it immediately. During treatment, maternity and fetuses will be closely monitored by the doctor to ensure effective treatment.

5. How do doctors know a child has syphilis?

The doctor must consider a number of factors to determine if the child has syphilis, including the results of a syphilis blood test of the mother and if she has been diagnosed with syphilis before, then this mother has carried out treatment during pregnancy. In addition, the doctor will test the child's blood, physical examination or other tests, such as spinal cord puncture or x-ray, to determine if the child has syphilis.

6. How are babies born with congenital syphilis treated?

Children with syphilis need immediate treatment, otherwise the disease will progress causing many dangerous complications. Depending on the results of the medical examination, the child can be treated with antibiotics at the hospital within 10 days. In some cases, only one injection of antibiotics is required.

In addition, children who are being treated for congenital syphilis should be closely cared for and monitored to ensure effective treatment.

newborn

Children with syphilis need careful care and treatment

7. How to reduce the risk of children with congenital syphilis?

The fetus will not have syphilis if the mother does not have syphilis. There are two important points that women need to make to protect their children from congenital syphilis and health problems related to infections caused by syphilis, including:

Syphilis test on first pregnancy visit

On the first pregnancy visit, the mother should actively ask the doctor about the syphilis test. Women should talk openly and honestly with their doctor about their symptoms or concerns about sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis and any medications they are taking, sexual contact with new sexual relationships, or multiple sexual courses. This information will help the doctor make recommendations for appropriate testing, even if the maternity has been tested for syphilis in the past but should still be re-tested during pregnancy.

If the test is positive for syphilis, the maternity will be treated immediately, it is not recommended to wait until the next pregnancy visit. In addition, the maternity's sexuality also needs to be treated in parallel to prevent the woman from being reinfected later. Even after treatment is received, reinfection is possible. For this reason, the maternity and sexuality should continue to take measures that reduce the risk of re-infection.

Reduce the risk of syphilis before and during pregnancy

If there is sexual contact, the following measures can reduce the likelihood of syphilis:

  • A faithful or long-term relationship with your spouse has been tested and confirmed not to have syphilis.
  • Use condoms properly during sex. Although condoms can prevent the transmission of syphilis by preventing contact with ulcers, you should know that sometimes syphilis ulcers occur in areas not protected by condoms, and if exposed to these ulcers can still transmit syphilis.

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Source: Cdc.gov

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