Syphilis is one of the diseases that can be transmitted to the human through the practice of sex, and cause the disease and the spiral bacteria, and can detect the stages of syphilis through tests of the laboratory serum (serological test).
Methods of transmission of syphilis
- Through the sexual process through the injury of one of the patient’s partners with the disease.
- The use of intravenous drugs.
- Transfusion of infected blood to patient.
Symptoms of syphilis
Symptoms of syphilis vary according to the different stages of the disease. Primary or primary syphilis, which occurs three weeks after contact with an infected person, has a period of incubation of 3-4 weeks and has several symptoms, including:
- High fever.
- Pain in the joints.
- Ulcers occur in the genital area. These ulcers are called chancre.
- The ulcers are elliptical or circular, surrounded by a red halo that can be several centimeters in diameter.
- Corrosion occurs in the ulcer area resulting in an ulcer within the cornea with slightly raised edges around the central ulcer.
- The ulcer is soft-skinned and tends to reddish, and does not bleed heavily.
- The ulcer is accompanied by yellow liquid when it is rubbed and not accompanied by itching or pain.