Introduction Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease which has been troubling the world population for hundreds of years. Its comes from treponema pallidum, a spirochetal bacterium, which is very complex in its ideas and not completely figured out yet by doctors and scientists. Syphilis occurs in four stages in which take its victim on a hellish ride through pain, deformity, illness. and possibly death. Syphilis, being an STD, is most commonly transferred from person to person through sexual intercourse. However, this is not the only way the disease may be passed. It may be passed from mother to child or through a contaminated blood transfusion. Once the disease is in the system, it is very important to treat it before it worsens into a latent stage. There are many treatments being used today for this disease, benzathine penicillin shots being the most common.
Now, doctors are researching many new medications for a better alternative for the present treatment.
Sexually transmitted disease
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English: This photograph shows a close-up view of ...Even natural medications are being used. There is much information on the early history of syphilis. Many medical advances have been made in the treatment for syphilis since the beginning. The disease has devoured Europe and the United States. It has a way of multiphying and growing into a whole epidemic. It is a powerful disease that has been around for a very long time, has had treatments developed for it, and will hopefully soon be extinct from society completely. Stages of the disease Syphilis occurs in four stages. A primary stage, a secondary stage, a latent stage and a .
All three are very different and painful. It is very important to try to catch syphilis in the earliest possible stage. If it is not treated in an early stage it will develop into a disease affecting the internal organs and...