Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spiral bacteria called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis consists of three main stages, primary stage, secondary stage, and latent stage. The latent stage may lead to a final stage called the tertiary stage. There are many cures to syphilis, and it is virtually eliminated from today's society. There are a few ways to contract the disease, all of which can be prevented. The primary stage of syphilis is characterized by a small lesion, called a chancre, which resembles a pimple, blister or open sore. This occurs anytime between nine days and three months after infection. Fluid from the chancre is extremely infectious, but usually painless. Normally it appears on the genitals or near where the bacteria entered the body. It often hides and many people never realize that it is there. On women, the sore can be found hidden in the vagina or the folds of the labia. On men, it usually hides in the folds of the foreskin, under the scrotum, or near the base of the penis. Men more often than women will also have swollen lymph nodes in the groin. At this stage, the chancre is very infectious. It will heal with or without treatment, but the bacteria will remain and begin to spread if untreated. In the secondary stage, occurring about six weeks later, a generalized rash appears. It can last for weeks or months, perhaps up to a year. Painless ulcers develop in the mouth. Most people discover raised areas around the genitals or anus. The bacteria can be easily spread through mucous patches on the raised areas, which are called condylomalata. Flu-like symptoms start to occur, and can come and go for years. These symptoms may include a rash (over entire body or just on palms of hands and soles of feet), a sore in the mouth, swollen and painful joints, aching bones, and a mild fever or headache. These symptoms usually disappear in 3 to 12 weeks. Some people even experience hair loss during the secondary stage of syphilis.
The incidence of syphilis among homosexual men fell. ... Syphilis affects more than 80 percent of people. ... Three major types of symptoms may occur: benign tertiary syphilis, cardiovascular syphilis and neurosyphilis. ... Their are about 4 stages of Syphilis. ... Some signs of syphilis in an infant born with the congenital syphilis. ...
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by a bacterium. The bacteria that causes syphilis is called Treponema Pallidum. ... Syphilis is passed through contact with syphilis sore. ... Syphilis has three stages of infection. ... Then syphilis advances to the second stage of the three stages of syphilis. ...
This study was based on the results of the 1930 survey that identified Macon County, Alabama as the county with the highest percentage of patients infected with syphilis out of the six states tested. These men were left untreated for forty years, being monitored by the physicians to document the phases of syphilis and its forms of spreading, in its natural, untreated state. ... The doctors told the men that they were suffering from, and being treated for, "bad blood," a nicer, more discreet way of saying syphilis. ... Technically, all morals taken away, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment may ...
The Muscovites called syphilis the Polish sickness. ... Perhaps as early as the first part of the 1600's, congenital syphilis was recognized as being distinct from adult onset syphilis. ... Syphilis is primarily a sexually transmitted disease (STD). ... By the 1700's syphilis had spread throughout the world. ... Mercury the earliest chemical treatments for syphilis. ...
Syphilis The disease is seen most frequently in the 20 to 39-year old age group, which is the most sexually active group. In adults the untreated syphilis progresses through three stages extending for many years, with long intervening periods of latency. ... Today, cases of syphilis allowed to progress to this stage have become uncommon. Congenital Syphilis One of the characteristics of syphilis is that it is able to cross the placenta and infect the infant. This will happen in untreated pregnant women and it is called congenital syphilis. ...
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment In 1932, the United States Public Health Service began an experiment dealing with the venereal disease, syphilis. ... The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was conducted on mainly illiterate sharecroppers in the late stages of syphilis. ... It also was meant to discover how syphilis affected blacks as supposed to whites. Some of the known effects of tertiary syphilis include tumors, heart disease, paralysis, blindness, insanity, and death (www.infoplease.com). ... Throughout the course of the experiment 28 men died directly of syphilis, 100 died of related comp...
Syphilis occurs in four stages. ... However, if a person is not treated, syphilis infection persists. Virtually everyone who is not treated for primary syphilis will develop secondary syphilis. ... Sings of second stage syphilis on the palms of hands. ... Tertiary Stage One in three people who have latent Syphilis develop the third stage of the disease. ...
He proposed a study which would follow African American men with untreated syphilis for roughly six to nine months. ... At the time, it was rumored that syphilis' effects were different in the African American male than the Caucasian male. ... This term did not specifically mean syphilis, as it encased multiple diseases besides syphilis. ... A short time after, the Public Health Service relaunched its national campaign to treat syphilis. ... The consequences of the untreated syphilis study can still be seen today. ...
