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Syphilis is a most widespread curable sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a type of bacteria called Treponema pallidum.

Actually, a person could get infected with syphilis infection through direct contact with a syphilis sore of an infected person.

These sores, generally, occur on the outer genitals, vagina, anus, or in the rectum. These can also occur on the lips and in the mouth.

In general, the syphilis infection progresses in four stages: primary, secondary, latent (hidden), and tertiary (late). Moreover, the syphilis symptoms differ at each stage.

Primary Stage

This is the first stage of syphilis. Generally, the syphilis symptoms in this stage typically begin three weeks after you become infected.

Normally, the first symptom of primary syphilis is known by the emergence of sores called chancres, which are small, round, firm, and painless.

You can notice these sores at the spots where syphilis entered your body, generally, on the outer genitals or on the inner part of the vagina. You can also notice swelling of the lymph nodes near the chancre area.

Syphilis is also called ‘the pox’. It is sexual transmitted disease caused by a tiny bacterial organism called spirochete (Treponema pallidum).

Any sexually transmitted disease can be spread during sexual intercourse with an infected person.

Syphilis treatment is very easy, but can lead to serious health consequences when left untreated.

Syphilis treatment varies according to the stage of your disease.

Syphilis usually develops in three stages: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, and tertiary syphilis.

Primary syphilis is the first stage that appears 2-6 weeks after you get infected with the bacterium spirochete. If you neglect the syphilis treatment at this stage, your infection may become secondary syphilis, which usually starts 2-10 weeks after the first stage.

Without syphilis treatment, your infection in this stage may progress to tertiary syphilis that may appear years later and usually occurs in one-third of untreated cases.

Syphilis bacterium is highly infectious and can enter your body through contact with the blood or sores (vagina, anus, mouth or broken skin) of an infected person. It can also spread from mother to child during pregnancy [Pregnant with syphilis].

Remember that the syphilis bacterium cannot spread with the usage of the toilet, bathtub, clothes or dishes of an infected person.

Syphilis is an uncommon sexual transmitted infection caused by the bacteria spirochetes or treponema pallidum.

It also referred to as Lues. Generally, it infects women mostly among sexually active adults aged between 20-29.

Usually you can acquire syphilis infection from sexual contact with an infected person particularly through direct contact with syphilis sore.

Mostly, the sores occur on the external genitals, vagina, anus, or in the rectum. It also occurs on the lips as well as in the mouth.

This infection can also pass to your baby through the placenta during pregnancy. Syphilis that is transmitted to a fetus during pregnancy is called congenital syphilis. It is estimated that about half a million infants are born with congenital syphilis every year worldwide.

If you are with syphilis and became pregnant at any stage of this infection, then the infection can pass to your fetus in the womb any time during your pregnancy through the bloodstream across the placenta.

Your baby may acquire this infection even during delivery. Remember that not all infants born to infected women will be infected. Also, if syphilis is detected and left untreated, then it results in a high risk of a bad outcome of the pregnancy by becoming chronic, transmitting throughout the body.