Syphilis
The symptoms of syphilis aren't always obvious and may eventually disappear, but you'll usually remain infected unless you get treated and can lead to serious health problems in the future .
Most common symptoms
The symptoms of syphilis aren't always obvious and may eventually disappear, but you'll usually remain infected unless you get treated and can lead to serious health problems in the future .
Most common symptoms
Men and women – Symptoms may occur as early as a week after infection, but sometimes it can take many months before the you can notice a problem. Some people do not notice anything wrong until infection is discovered when they have a blood test or, you can develop one or more of the following;
The sores are often painless but very infectious and may take two to six weeks to heal Syphilis.
If you have sores or an ulcer a swab test can be applied, if not a blood test will be taken with the results are available within 2 weeks.
Syphilis can be cured by a course of penicillin injections over a period of a week straight into the buttocks. Alternatively, a course of antibiotic tablets or capsules can be taken over of period of 2-4 weeks.
If left untreated the symptoms will not go away
A painless rash that is not normally itchy can spread all over the body and is often seen on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet,
Small skin growths that can be mistaken or genital warts
Ulcers around the back passage, baby maker, tally wacker or mouth
Also a flu-like illness such as tiredness and loss of appetite, with swollen glands could occur for weeks sometimes months, along with white patches on the tongue or roof of the mouth and patchy hair loss
When syphilis remains untreated it sometimes goes into another phase known as tertiary syphilis after many years. This is when the syphilis starts to cause very serious damage to the heart, brain, eyes and nervous system. At this stage syphilis can be life-threatening.