Syphilis, in the primary stage, is highly contagious and can heal without therapy, making it easy to be mistaken for something less serious. If treated, it heals without scarring in 1–2 weeks. If untreated, the chancre will remain present for 1–6 weeks. About 70–80% of patients have rubbery, non-tender, swollen lymph nodes, often on only one side of the groin, during the first week of infection. A chancre is usually painless, solitary, and shallow, with a sharp border and raised, hard edge. Common sites are around the mouth (perioral) and between the buttocks (perianal) areas.Ĭhancres vary in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters. Other locations of infection are limited only by human ingenuity and imagination. In men, the chancre is easily seen on the penis. Cervical and vaginal syphilis infections may not be recognized. Genital sites in women affected are the cervix, vagina, vulva, and clitoris. Then, a painless ulcer (chancre) appears 18–21 days after initial infection. Initially, in syphilis, a dusky red flat spot appears at the site of inoculation and is easily missed. Syphilis is more common in men who have sex with men, sex workers, and people exposed to sex workers this accounts for the fact that syphilis is seen more commonly in men than women. Young adults (aged 15–25) are the highest-risk group for syphilis.
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In the US, the rates of disease are higher in urban areas and the Southern states. Healed infection leaves no immunity, so you can get infected again. Syphilis can be completely cured if treated early. If the infection is not treated early, it will then continue and often goes on to damage the nervous system and the heart, leading to early death. There are 3 stages of infection, and it is important to recognize infection in the first (primary) stage, as this stage will heal without therapy. Primary syphilis is usually passed on to others through sexual contact, but other ways are possible (for example, from an infected mother to her newborn baby).
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It causes disease when it penetrates broken skin of the genitals or the mucous membranes of the mouth or anus. Primary syphilis is a disease caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium (a spirochete) called Treponema pallidum.