September 10, 2024 - Understand how this infectious disease spreads, what you can do to prevent it and how it's treated.

August 4, 2025 - Syphilis is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can be cured.

August 15, 2023 - Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that’s treatable with medication. Without treatment, syphilis causes serious health problems. It can permanently damage your heart, brain, muscles, bones and eyes.

1 day ago - Syphilis (/ˈsɪfəlɪs, ˈsɪfɪlɪs/) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary.

August 17, 2024 - Syphilis is classified as primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary/late. ... This stage is also known as the chancre phase—a chancre is defined as a firm, round, painless ulcer at the site of entry of an infecting organism.

5 days ago - Syphilis is a bacterial infection that is most often spread through sexual contact.

March 6, 2025 - Syphilis is a bacterial infection primarily transmitted through sexual contact. The infection is characterized by several stages, each with its own set of symptoms. In its first stages, known as primary and secondary syphilis, symptoms include ...

May 29, 2025 - WHO fact sheet on syphilis, including overview, symptoms, treatment, prevention and WHO response.

May 24, 2019 - Syphilis is a bacteria that is transmitted through sexual contact. It can also be transmitted from mother to baby during delivery. According to the CDC, incidence of syphilis cases is on the rise in the United States with a 15.1% increase in ...

Chancres usually disappear within 3 to 6 weeks even without treatment. Within a few days to several months, the secondary stage of syphilis appears: a widespread body rash, often with systemic symptoms, e.g., fever, headache, generalized lymph node swelling, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and malaise.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can have very serious complications when left untreated, but it is simple to cure with the right treatment.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Find out what the symptoms are, when and where to get medical help and how it's treated.

A sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum that is characterized in its primary stage by genital sores. If untreated, skin ulcers develop in the next stage, called secondary syphilis.

August 4, 2025 - Syphilis is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum and is characterized by 3 sequential symptomatic stages separated by periods of asymptomatic latent infection. Common manifestations include painless genital ulcers, skin lesions, meningitis, ...

2 weeks ago - Syphilis is an infectious venereal disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Syphilis is transmissible by sexual contact with infectious lesions, from mother to fetus in utero, via blood product transfusion, and occasionally through breaks in the skin that come into contact with ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease/infection caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum.

Note: The possibility of a prozone reaction should be considered in individuals who are suspected of having secondary syphilis but whose non-treponemal test is non-reactive. Neurological symptoms may be present · Early (infectious) neurosyphilis – diagnosis of neurosyphilis within 12 months ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by bacteria.

July 26, 2023 - Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, resulting in a syphilitic sore or chancre started as a pimple that ruptures into a sore in the mouth, genitals, or anus.