What is Syphilis: Types, Sign and symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

What is Syphilis: Types, Sign and symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

syphilis is a majorly chronic disease and is divided into primary secondary tertiary and latent syphilis all of which have different clinical manifestations allow us first to check primary syphilis out this occurs after exposure to the bacteria through sexual contact it mainly affects the genital area . 

 THE GENITAL AREA 

that is the penis in males and labia or cervix in females it starts by forming a papule which ulcerates to form a characteristic feature of syphilis the heart shanker it is a painless a vascular indurated and circumscribed lesion almost all other ulcers are painful be that as it may, syphilitic ulcers are painless this is a standout point you really should recall if you see the word painless ulcer in a question you should think of syphilis first it gives out a thick exudate that is wealthy in spirochetes 

which are the causative bacteria it also causes non-delicate swelling of the inguinal lymph nodes which is frequently bilateral that means on both the sides recalling that this is important heals spontaneously that means with no medication in 10 to 40 days

AFTER BEING ASYMTOMATIC

 anyway this doesn't mean the syphilis is restored after being asymptomatic for two to six months secondary syphilis sets in this is the most infectious phase of this disease and is caused by the widespread multiplication of treponemes or the causative agent in our bloodstream secondary syphilis is characterized by a copper-colored maculopapular rash 

THROUGH SPREADS :

which is present all over the body including the palms and soles this can indeed, even spread by the simple action of shaking hands it causes the development of flat wart like lesions in the genital and perianal regions which is called condylo mata lata generalized lymphadenopathy is seen along with characteristic intraoral findings called mucus patches

these are numerous painless grayish white plaques found on the oral mucosa these lesions also heal spontaneously with next to no treatment usually after decades of initial infection comes the stage of tertiary syphilis this is majorly chronic and it is characterized by not many spirochetes it causes the formation of the famous ciphlitic guma or chronic granulomata along with cardiovascular aneurysms and meningovascular manifestations in the advanced stage we can see syphilis affecting

 the nervous system

 which causes neurosyphilis also called quaternary syphilis this is characterized by tapes dorsalis or demyelination of the posterior columns which leads to general paralysis of the insane intraorally firm nodular guma may ulcerate leading to perforation of the palate this form of syphilis is definitely debilitating and far and away more terrible it tends to be fatal the last stage we check out is that of latent syphilis the infected person lacks all clinical manifestations

 that we just discussed anyway they really do have a history of primary or secondary infection these individuals test positive for syphilis whenever we perform serological tests on their blood it is of utmost importance that you recollect such individuals can still spread the infection in the early latent stage sexual contact is the most widely recognized method of transmission this infection can also be spread from a mother to a fetus which can happen all through the female's reproductive life if proper antibiotic treatment has not been administered the best way to forestall infection is to always practice safe sex and never forget to use a condom