Syphilis : Complications

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Complications could include:
Complications of untreated syphilis include: Neurosyphilis; Heart and blood vessel problems, including aneurysms and inflammation of the aorta; Damage to the skin and bones.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 20, 2007
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Neurosyphilis is a slowly progressive and destructive infection of the brain or spinal cord. It occurs in untreated syphilis many years after the primary infection.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 5, 2007
Tertiary syphilis is a late phase of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis , caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum .
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2006
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