into an open sore (ulcer), but remains painless. When rubbed it leaks a clear fluid .
that is highly infectious. Moreover, the lymph nodes usually become enlarged or .
swollen.
The sore is often ignored because of the insignificant symptoms and signs. .
"Half of the infected women and a third of the infected men are unaware of the.
sore(Human Disease 939)". The sores usually heal in 3 to 12 weeks, after which the .
person appears to be entirely well. .
The secondary stages of syphilis usually begins with a skin rash. Which .
appears 6 to 12 weeks after infection. "Twenty-five percent of infected people still .
have a healing sores at this time(Human Disease 939)". Skin rash may last for months or .
may be short-lived. The rash usually clears up, if a person isn't treated. New rashes may .
appear weeks or months later. Mouth sores are common.
Syphilis affects more than 80 percent of people. Fifty percent have .
enlarged lymph nodes throughout the body, and about 10 percent have inflammation of .
the eyes. Eye inflammation usually causes no symptoms, occasionally the optic nerve .
swells, which may cause some blurring of the vision. Another symptom are inflamed .
bones and joints that ache painfully within 10 percent of people. Kidney inflammation .
.
.
may cause protein to leak into the urine. Small number people develop an inflammation .
of the lining of the brain, "which causes headaches, neck stiffness, and sometimes .
deafness(Human Disease 940)". After recovering from the secondary stage. The disease .
if not treated enters a latent stage, in which no symptoms occur. The latent stage may last .
for years, decades or for the rest of the person's life.
During the tertiary stage or the stage the symptoms range from mild to .
devastating . Three major types of symptoms may occur: benign tertiary syphilis, .
cardiovascular syphilis and neurosyphilis. "Benign tertiary is rare today(Human Disease .
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by a bacterium. The bacteria that causes syphilis is called Treponema Pallidum. ... Syphilis is passed through contact with syphilis sore. ... Syphilis has three stages of infection. ... Then syphilis advances to the second stage of the three stages of syphilis. ...
When the final stage, tertiary syphilis, does occur, it could be fatal. ... Syphilis can be diagnosed and treated with relative ease. ... The first three stages of syphilis are completely curable, and even in the last stage syphilis can be stopped. With the present medical technology to diagnose and treat syphilis, there is no excuse for anyone in the U.S. to suffer the last stage of syphilis. ... Early detection of syphilis disables the disease completely. ...
This study was based on the results of the 1930 survey that identified Macon County, Alabama as the county with the highest percentage of patients infected with syphilis out of the six states tested. These men were left untreated for forty years, being monitored by the physicians to document the phases of syphilis and its forms of spreading, in its natural, untreated state. ... The doctors told the men that they were suffering from, and being treated for, "bad blood," a nicer, more discreet way of saying syphilis. ... Technically, all morals taken away, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment may ...
The Muscovites called syphilis the Polish sickness. ... Perhaps as early as the first part of the 1600's, congenital syphilis was recognized as being distinct from adult onset syphilis. ... Syphilis is primarily a sexually transmitted disease (STD). ... By the 1700's syphilis had spread throughout the world. ... Mercury the earliest chemical treatments for syphilis. ...
Syphilis The disease is seen most frequently in the 20 to 39-year old age group, which is the most sexually active group. In adults the untreated syphilis progresses through three stages extending for many years, with long intervening periods of latency. ... Today, cases of syphilis allowed to progress to this stage have become uncommon. Congenital Syphilis One of the characteristics of syphilis is that it is able to cross the placenta and infect the infant. This will happen in untreated pregnant women and it is called congenital syphilis. ...
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment In 1932, the United States Public Health Service began an experiment dealing with the venereal disease, syphilis. ... The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was conducted on mainly illiterate sharecroppers in the late stages of syphilis. ... It also was meant to discover how syphilis affected blacks as supposed to whites. Some of the known effects of tertiary syphilis include tumors, heart disease, paralysis, blindness, insanity, and death (www.infoplease.com). ... Throughout the course of the experiment 28 men died directly of syphilis, 100 died of related comp...
Syphilis occurs in four stages. ... However, if a person is not treated, syphilis infection persists. Virtually everyone who is not treated for primary syphilis will develop secondary syphilis. ... Sings of second stage syphilis on the palms of hands. ... Tertiary Stage One in three people who have latent Syphilis develop the third stage of the disease. ...
He proposed a study which would follow African American men with untreated syphilis for roughly six to nine months. ... At the time, it was rumored that syphilis' effects were different in the African American male than the Caucasian male. ... This term did not specifically mean syphilis, as it encased multiple diseases besides syphilis. ... A short time after, the Public Health Service relaunched its national campaign to treat syphilis. ... The consequences of the untreated syphilis study can still be seen today. ...
