Syphilis

Davis and he would like to tell you a little bit about syphilis . Though most people have heard of syphilis that probably few people know what it actually is syphilis is -- bacteria called trapping month palladium. Which causes a disease which is then known as syphilis it's a sexually transmitted disease. And if left untreated can cause. Very terrible. Symptoms. Eventually resulting in these documentaries in debt that the day in developed countries because we had. Much better treatment for on the effects of chronic syphilis are much less common. Whoever. Out before the 1940s. When penicillin. Was invented. It was much more common in fact historically. Many prominent historical figures. I had been affected or died from syphilis . Symptoms of syphilis can be divided into four stages primary secondary. -- and and tertiary syphilis . So. Primary syphilis . Is when you first get -- symptoms. And typically this will occur anywhere after being exposed to syphilis . And nine BP's actually exposure. -- initial symptoms tend to be a single although sometimes it can be feud but most commonly

weeks they'll resolve even without treatment however that doesn't mean that the syphilis has actually gone it just in the symptoms are gone. Next. You may experience secondary. Syphilis secondary syphilis -- occur approximately two to ten weeks after it. Primary syphilis has gotten better in this will represent a little bit differently. -- the most classic presentation is when you have a rash.

On hired this muscle -- along with this. And the secondary symptoms syphilis becoming go for up to a year but generally will also resolves spontaneously. After a certain period of time. The next -- of syphilis called the league agencies means. That these diseases not active at all to this speech there's no symptoms no there's no telling how long this latency collapsed. Sometimes it -- up to a lifetime and someone will no longer have symptoms at all syphilis . But for some people after a period. Months or typically years need develop the next stage syphilis next tertiary syphilis and this is by far the worst. And most difficult to treat stage syphilis . Where it gets into the nervous system and sometimes there are some of the organs particularly the brain and heart. And begins to factors. Often very seriously. Leading to all kinds of neurological damage hard damage and cannot been even occur. If untreated. The retiring -- And treatment of syphilis if caught early. In news primary or even the secondary stage. It's fairly simple with antibiotics. He antibiotic of choice is still an injectable form a penicillin. But if you're -- pencil and don't worry there's other antibiotic choices. In its first series features the syphilis they're still treatment but it's much more difficult to treat. And some of the advanced neurological symptoms may be irreversible. What can you do to prevent syphilis while. As it's a sexually transmitted disease of course using -- sex practices. Mean using condoms. Knowing your partner not having multiple partners is an excellent way preventing syphilis . I'm also because -- these different speeches he do you have. Any symptoms that you think could be syphilis and make sure to have a doctor check them immediately. You -- you don't have these symptoms currently it's still very easy blood test to diagnose syphilis . It's also important her mother to have good prenatal care because when that test will do with the blood tests to make sure that you don't have syphilis . Because you certainly don't wanna transmitted unborn fetus.