cubby
blisters nasty blisters that spread get on some meds
jelmar106
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium, Treponema pallidum. The disease has been known under many names during history, including the "French disease" and the "Great Pox". The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always by sexual contact. However, there are examples of congenital syphilis by transmission from mother to child in utero.
The signs and symptoms of syphilis are numerous; before the advent of serological testing, precise diagnosis was very difficult. In fact, the disease was dubbed the "Great Imitator" because it was often confused with other diseases. Syphilis can be easily treated with antibiotics including penicillin. The oldest, and still most effective, method is an intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin.
If not treated, syphilis can cause serious effects such as damage to the heart, aorta, brain, eyes, and bones. In some cases these effects can be fatal.
Years ago, a former college professor was in hospital with syphilis before there was a cure, age 45. He had to be fed, and his favorite program was "Let's Pretend", a dramatization of fairy tales. It had gone to his brain. Lucky it can be treated now.
kbib12
Syphillis is nothing to brag about. It's a sexually transmitted disease that can kill you.
Often times when someone contracts syphillis, they will get a chancre (sore that doesn't hurt but looks awful) somewhere on their genitals. This happens almost a week exactly from the time the person was exposed. If left untreated, this "sore" will go away on it's own. This doesn't mean that you no longer have syphillis, it just means that the bacteria is inside your body waiting to appear in another way. The first stage of syphillis is called primary syphillis.
Secondary syphillis can happen either right after the primary sore is gone or a few months later. Usually it presents as a copper colored rash on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. This rash doesn't itch and it isn't painful. If left untreated, this rash will go away on it's own. Remember, the bacteria is still in your body and it's still reeking havoc inside your body.
Tertiary syphilis doesn't usually appear for years after the initial infection and in today's world, people rarely get to this stage (I will explain myself below). Al Capone died of tertiary syphillis. In this stage people develop brain damage and heart damage, to say the least.
The reason I said people rarely get to tertiary syphillis is because syphillis is a reportable sexually transmitted disease. As a matter of fact, it's one of two, the other being HIV. This means if someone tests positive for syphillis or HIV, they will be getting a visit from the health department (regardless of where they were tested - even a doctor's office is mandated by law to report a positive test to the health department) and the person that visits them will be asking them when they noticed the chancre, and who they have had sex with in the last "x" months/years.
The treatment for syphillis is not nice either. It's a series of injections called bicillin. Usually the person will get one shot a week for four or five weeks. These shots are very, very painful.
I know what I have told you because I am a nurse and I teach infectious diseases to my patients. I have given bicillin injections as well.
I have included a link below for your reference.
Orignal From: What are the side effects or symptoms of syphilis?
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