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- Title
Management of Adult Syphilis between Gynecology and Urology.
- Authors
Osama Mohammed Alkhalifah; Fahad Abdullah Alhamdan; Noha Rihab Baeshen; Ruzanah Abdulaziz Almarzugi; Maha Sultan Alrajeh; Mohammed Hasan Alsharif; Fatma Mohammed Al-Shehab; Afnan Mohammed Buhlaigah; Nihal Mubarak Mohamed Hussien; Samaher Maher Bukhari; Muna Imad Hussein; Mohammed Samy Tay; Ahmad Abdulwhab Jaml Allil; Salwa Metwally Aly Khalifa; Mohannad Ali Alghamdi
- Abstract
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease found only in humans, which is caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum). It infects the genital area, lips, mouth, or anus of both men and women. Patients usually get syphilis from sexual contact with someone who has it. It can also pass from mother to baby during pregnancy. The early stage of syphilis usually causes a single, small, painless sore. Sometimes it causes swelling in nearby lymph nodes. If you do not treat it, syphilis usually causes a non-itchy skin rash, often on your hands and feet. Many people do not notice symptoms for years. Symptoms can go away and come back. The sores caused by syphilis make it easier to get or give someone HIV during sex. If you are pregnant, syphilis can cause birth defects, or you could lose your baby. In rare cases, syphilis causes serious health problems and even death. Syphilis is easy to cure with antibiotics if you catch it early. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading syphilis.
- Subjects
SYPHILIS treatment; GYNECOLOGY; UROLOGY; LYMPH nodes; HUMAN abnormalities
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018, Vol 70, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
1687-2002
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12816/0042962