Syphlis

SYPHILIS

BY: STEPHANIE AND BEN

THE WAY SYPHILIS IS TRANSMITTED

• Direct contact
• It occurs on external genitals...
• vagina, anus, rectum, on lips, in mouth
• its caused by bacterium treponema pallidum
• You'r baby to be low weight
• too early or stillborn
• can have health problems
• cataracts, deffness, seizures, can die
• bridge of the nose collapses

CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

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SYMPTOMS

• None itchy rashes
• wart sores in the mouth or organs
• muscle aches, fever, sore throat, swollen nodes

ORDER OF SYMPTOMS

• chancre happens 3 weeks after explosure
• begins on the trunk of your body then eventually spreads
• painless
• can be hidden in the vagina or rectum
• heals on its own in 6 weeks
• if not treated you could get latent syphilis

LATENT SYPHILIS

• hidden
• has no symptoms
• can last for years
• later get tertiary

TERTIARY SYPHILIS

• damage your brain
• nerves
• eyes
• heart
• blood vessels
• liver
• bones
• joints
• brain
• muscele tension
• paralysis
• numbness
• gradual blindness
• mental illness
• death

CURE FOR SYPHILIS

• doctors recomend one doce of penecilin
• pregnant woman take the antibiotic there child will also receieve it
• follow up with a periodic blood tests or exams to make sure you no longer have syphilis

HOW TO PREVENT SYPHILIS

• avoid being in a relationship with someone who had sex with someone else
• get tested: blood tests, fluid from sores and cerebral spinal fluid
• use latex condoms
• don't have oral, vaginal or anal sex
• C-sections

TESTS

• Blood tests
• Fluid from sores
• Cerebral spinal fluid