Syphilis
Title: Syphilis
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 609 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Syphilis
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 609 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Syphilis is a serious sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the
bacterial Treponema pallidum. It is often been referred to as "the great
imitator" because so many of the signs and symptoms are similar to those of
other diseases. The time between infection with syphilis and the start of the
first symptom can range from 10-90 days. Stages of syphilis are very distinct
they include primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and late
syphilis.
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condoms. A person can
protect themselves from contracting syphilis by avoiding contact with
infectious sores and other infected tissues and body fluids of the infected
individual.
Unlike viral STDs such as genital warts, syphilis can be cured since it
is a bacteria. Syphilis is usually treated with penicillin or other antibiotics. In
all stages of syphilis, proper treatment will cure the disease, but in late
syphilis, damage already done to body organs cannot be reversed.