SYPHILIS
What is syphilis?
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can cause
serious health problems without treatment. Infection develops in
stages (primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary).
Its classification:
Infectious (STI)/bacteria
Pandemic
Can be cogenital/hereditary
Chronic
Background:
The origin of syphilis is lost at the
dawn of time, for example, in
Europe all countries had cases and
the disease was always called the
disease of x country and said
country the disease of another. It
also had many names, until the
16th century when Girolamo
Fracastoro mentioned it as its
current name as: "Syphilis sive
Morbus Gallicus", also the desease
had the name of the "great
imitator" due the large list of
possible sympthoms that it has.
How does the desease
affect us?
In the early stages of the disease it
appears normal without possible
serious changes to our daily lives,
but when it is already advanced it
is very possible to cause tumors,
blindness and paralysis. Also, it
can damage the brain, nervous
system and other organs and
cause death itself. The worst part
of this deaseases is that it don't
only affects us, it affects all the
people around you andthe best
way to prevent these diseases is
by being responsible and taking all
available protective measures.
Signs and sympthoms:
Primary stage:
Single sore or multiple sores(were the desease enter your
body) can be founded in: penis, vagina, anus, rectum and
lips or in the mouth. They last 3-6 weeks.
Secondary stage:
Skin rushes on the affected areas, those rushes are: rough,
red or reddish-brown. With this rushes can be developed
some sympthoms which are: fever, swollen lymph glands,
sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss,
muscle aches and fatigue (feeling very tired).
Latent Stage:
No signs and sympthoms the desease can be in this stage
for years.
Tertiary Stage:
Occurs 10-30 years after your infection and damages your
internal organs that can result in death.
Important data:
You can catch the disease at
any point in your life, even
before you are born.
The most effective method to
counteract the disease is the
use of penicillin. If you have
allergy to penicillin your doctor
can give you other antibiotic
options.
You can be infected via sexual,
via blood and from a mother to
the fetus.
Bibliography/sources
https://www.cdc.gov
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/