SYPHILIS

Syphilis

Syphilis

STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

The name "sexually transmitted disease," "infections, sexually transmitted infections," "venereal diseases", "sex infection" speak for themselves: these diseases are transmitted mainly through sexual contact. STDs is sexually transmitted diseases. Some of them are treatable and can even be curable; others can only be treated to control its effects on the person's size. You can have STDs without symptoms, and sometimes the symptoms may disappear. Many people think that there are only two STDs: syphilis and gonorrhea, there are many more that can be transmitted during sex (herpes, chlamydia, venereal warts, Hepatitis B and HIV). STDs, if left untreated can cause serious health problems such as sterility, blindness, mental disorders, and physical birth defects, increased chances of developing cancer, heart disease and even death (Willard, 2003). A person can have more than one STD at a time and can return to the same disease. The more treatment is delayed, the greater the damage they cause, so if you have the slightest suspicion that you have been exposed to infection, see your doctor immediately or go to a clinic. You and your partner should be examined and treated simultaneously to avoid re-infecting each other (Schryver, 2003).

Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

You can have syphilis without any symptoms, and you can still transmit it to others. The symptoms of syphilis occur in stages called primary, secondary and late. The first of the primary symptoms of syphilis is usually a sore, painless listed on the site of initial contact. This symptom may be accompanied by swollen glands, which comes a week after the onset of the first wound. The sore may remain between one and five weeks and may disappear by itself if left untreated. About six weeks after the sore first appears, the person will go to the second stage of the disease. During this stage, the most common symptom is a rash that can occur anywhere on the body, including the trunk, arms, legs, palms, soles of feet, etc(Koss, 2009). There may also be other symptoms such as tiredness, sore throat, headache, and hoarseness, loss of appetite, patchy hair loss and swollen glands. These symptoms last between two and six weeks and usually disappear but are not given proper treatment. The third stage, called late syphilis (syphilis of over four years), can cause skin diseases, bone, cardiac and central nervous system.

Untreated syphilis can destroy soft tissue and bone, causing heart failure, blindness and a host of other minor illnesses or disabling. More importantly, women who receive no treatment for this disease can be transmitted to the fetus, which can mean death or the presence of malformations in the small. Doctors and hospitals are required to perform tests on pregnant women for syphilis during prenatal visits. At the time, of delivery should be examined at the newborn or mother (Dallabeta, 2007).

Men

Burning sensation when urinating

Pain and itching when urinating

Discharge from the penis - white, slimy, green, frothy, with and without the smell

Violation of ejaculation

Pain in the groin area

Fever (may be present or not)

Frequent ...