Follow-up testing by your healthcare provider is recommended to make sure that your treatment was successful. Because syphilis sores can be painless and hidden in the vagina, anus, under the foreskin of the penis, or in the mouth, it may not be obvious that a sex partner has syphilis.
Unless you know that all of your sex partner s have been tested and treated, you may be at risk of getting syphilis again from an infected partner. Box Rockville, MD E-mail: npin-info cdc. Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, MMWR ;51 38 ; Primary and Secondary Syphilis — United States, — MMWR ;55 Cities, MMWR ;51 33 ; Cities, — MMWR ;50 21 ; MMWR ;50 07 ; MMWR ;49 31 ; December Holmes, P.
If you inject yourself with drugs, do not use other people's needles or share your needles with others. If a woman becomes infected while she's pregnant, or becomes pregnant when she already has syphilis, it can be very dangerous for her baby if not treated.
Infection in pregnancy can cause miscarriage , stillbirth or a serious infection in the baby congenital syphilis. Screening for syphilis during pregnancy is offered to all pregnant women so the infection can be detected and treated before it causes any serious problems. Page last reviewed: 07 February Next review due: 07 February Symptoms of syphilis The symptoms of syphilis are not always obvious and may eventually disappear, but you'll usually remain infected unless you get treated.
Some people with syphilis have no symptoms. Primary and secondary syphilis are easy to treat with a penicillin injection. Penicillin is one of the most widely used antibiotics and is usually effective in treating syphilis. People who are allergic to penicillin will likely be treated with a different antibiotic, such as:.
This will often require a brief hospital stay. The bacteria can be killed, but treatment will most likely focus on easing pain and discomfort. The best way to prevent syphilis is to practice safe sex. Use condoms during any type of sexual contact. In addition, it may be helpful to:. Syphilis can also be transmitted through shared needles. Avoid sharing needles if using injected drugs. Mothers infected with syphilis are at risk for miscarriages, still births, or premature births.
This is known as congenital syphilis. Congenital syphilis can be life-threatening. Babies born with congenital syphilis can also have the following:. This can cause damage to their:. People with syphilis have a significantly increased chance of contracting HIV. The sores the disease cause make it easier for HIV to enter the body. If you have HIV, talk to your doctor about how to recognize syphilis symptoms.
The first stage of syphilis can easily go undetected. The symptoms in the second stage are also common symptoms of other illnesses.
This means that if any of the following applies to you, consider getting tested for syphilis. Get tested if you:. Make sure to finish the full course of antibiotics, even if symptoms disappear. Consider getting tested for HIV as well.
People who have tested positive for syphilis should notify all of their recent sexual partners so that they can also get tested and receive treatment. These may include bulging and swelling of the aorta — your body's major artery — and of other blood vessels. Syphilis may also damage heart valves. Adults with sexually transmitted syphilis or other genital ulcers have an estimated two- to fivefold increased risk of contracting HIV.
A syphilis sore can bleed easily, providing an easy way for HIV to enter the bloodstream during sexual activity. If you're pregnant, you may pass syphilis to your unborn baby. Congenital syphilis greatly increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or your newborn's death within a few days after birth. There is no vaccine for syphilis. To help prevent the spread of syphilis, follow these suggestions:. If tests show that you have syphilis, your sex partners — including current partners and any other partners you've had over the last three months to one year — need to be informed so that they can get tested.
If they're infected, they can then be treated. Official, confidential partner notification can help limit the spread of syphilis. The practice also steers those at risk toward counseling and the right treatment. And since you can contract syphilis more than once, partner notification reduces your risk of getting reinfected.
People can be infected with syphilis and not know it. In light of the often deadly effects syphilis can have on unborn children, health officials recommend that all pregnant women be screened for the disease. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. This content does not have an English version.
This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview Syphilis is a bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact. Primary syphilis Open pop-up dialog box Close. Primary syphilis Primary syphilis causes painless sores chancres on the genitals, rectum, tongue or lips. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic. Share on: Facebook Twitter.
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