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Syphilis Learning Center
Complications could include:
- Neurosyphilis
- Aortic Aneurysm
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Aortitis
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Bone Destruction
- Syphilitic Gumma
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Maternal-Fetal Transmission
- Tertiary Syphilis
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Damage to the skin and bones; Heart and blood vessel problems, including inflammation and aneurysms of the aorta; Neurosyphilis;
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Syphilis enters its secondary stage between six to eight weeks and six months after the infection begins. Chancres may still be present but are usually healing. Secondary syphilis is a systemic infection marked by the eruption of skin rashes and u...
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Syphilis enters its secondary stage ranging from six to eight weeks to six months after the infection begins. Chancres may still be present but are usually healing. Secondary syphilis is a systemic infection marked by the eruption of skin rashes a...
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Syphilis enters its secondary stage between six to eight weeks and six months after the initial infection begins. Chancres may still be present but are usually healing. Secondary syphilis is a systemic infection marked by the eruption of skin rash...
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Neurosyphilis is an infection of the brain or spinal cord. It occurs in persons with untreated syphilis many years after they are first infected.
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An aneurysm is an abnormal bulging or swelling of a portion of a blood vessel. The aorta, which can develop these abnormal bulges, is the large blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
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Tertiary syphilis is a late phase of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
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