Introduction: In today's fast-paced society, syphilis is not uncommon. The uncleanness and chaos in private life may be the direct cause of syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease, and the actual symptoms of syphilis are particularly complex.
Syphilis has a nickname called "universal imitator". Syphilis can "imitate" many diseases, such as skin diseases. Syphilis can "imitate" more than 10 skin diseases, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed when syphilis occurs.
What is syphilis?
The so-called syphilis is a common venereal disease caused by infection with spirochetes of syphilis. chancre will appear at the infiltrating site about three weeks after high-risk exposure, which will start with a red macular rash, and then turn into papules in 2 to 3 days. Finally, the suppuration will be treated with ulcers and will be cured in about one week. If it is not treated, it will take 3 to 5 weeks to recover.
Early or second stage syphilis, such as fever or generalized rash, about 7 to 10 weeks. After about three years, the patient enters advanced stage or third stage syphilis , and all organs in the body are damaged. At this time, there will be dizziness, headache, vasculitis , swollen and painful gums.
Syphilis is a serious sexually transmitted disease. If there are high-risk behaviors, it is best to go to a regular hospital for further examination, so that early detection and early treatment can be done.
syphilis infection mainly has the following three ways:
. Direct sexual contact accounts for more than 90% of all transmission routes. The so-called sexual contact, including homosexual opposite sex and similar private life behaviors, has minor damage in the main parts, and the other party has active syphilis, which is also possible for infection.
. Syphilis can also be transmitted through the blood, such as blood transfusion or contact with unclean blood contaminants, which will cause syphilis infection.
. Mother-to-child transmission is also one of the transmission channels of syphilis. If a pregnant woman suffers from syphilis, she can infect syphilis to infants and young children through the delivery process or pregnancy process.
. Other transmission channels are relatively rare, such as contact with contaminated towels or wearing unclean clothes for people infected with syphilis. The possibility of such transmission is very low.
What are the symptoms of syphilis? Will your body itch?
It is very certain that the body is itchy when it is infected with syphilis. The main symptoms of men after they are infected with syphilis are erythema. On the basis of erythema, there will be clusters of small papules, which will soon turn into bubbles of millet to mung bean size, with clear content. After the blisters burst, they will erode the surface and scabbreviate. Over time, they will dry out after a few days. The symptoms of syphilis in men are conscious itching, occasional drowsiness, discomfort and mild fever, and temporary pigmentation after healing.
- syphilis clinical stage:
, latent stage syphilis
latent stage syphilis refers to patients who have been diagnosed with syphilis for a certain period of time, skin, mucous membranes, any organ system, cerebrospinal fluid .
No clinical manifestations of syphilis was found through physical examination, and the cerebrospinal fluid test was normal, but the serum reaction was positive, or it was confirmed that there was never any clinical manifestations when syphilis was infected.
, st stage syphilis
st stage 1st stage syphilis is 3 to 4 weeks. Typical symptoms are chancre. Due to private life infection with syphilis, chancre damage occurs mostly in the reproductive organs and the areas in contact.
Some male reproductive organs may have lymphangitis as a hard current lesion, and female chancre is also more common in the reproductive organs, especially in the cervix.
chancre one week after the appearance of chancre, the lymph nodes near are swollen, which is characterized by painlessness, no redness and swelling on the surface of the skin, and no adhesions or ulcers in the surrounding tissues. If the treatment is not done in time at this time, chancre can heal itself within 3 to 4 weeks. After effective treatment, it can be cured quickly, leaving superficial atrophic scars.
chancre occurs for 2 to 3 weeks, and the serum reaction of syphilis begins to be positive. In addition to the occurrence of chancre. In primary syphilis, a few patients have hard edema in the reproductive organs, which is called edema conjunctiva. If the patient is also infected with chancre caused by Haemophilus Ducreri or ulcerative ulcer caused by venereal lymphatic granuloma, it is called mixed chancre.
, second-stage syphilis
The period when the chancre disappears from chancre to the occurrence of second-stage syphilis is called the second incubation period. Second-stage syphilis usually occurs 3 to 4 weeks after the chancre disappears, which is equivalent to 9 to 12 weeks after the infection.
1 Second stage syphilis enters the blood through lymph nodes , causing systemic damage papules and maculopapular rash is very common in clinical practice, accounting for about 40% of the second stage syphilis, and appears slightly later than the rash.
can be divided into large papules and small papules according to its symptoms and clinical course. In addition to causing skin damage, it can also invade the internal organs and nervous system.
stage 1 second stage syphilis may have flu-like syndrome before visiting, such as low fever , headache, and soreness of the limbs. These prodromal symptoms last for 3 to 5 days and subside after the rash appears. The serum reaction of syphilis during this period showed a strong positive PCR test for spirochetes of syphilis.
Syphilis alopecia: About 10% of patients with stage syphilis will have syphilis alopecia. Due to the infiltration of syphilis on hair follicles, tiny blood vessels in the hair area block the blood supply.
mainly manifests as syphilis alopecia areata or diffuse hair loss. Syphilis alopecia areata is about 0.5 cm alopecia areata, insect-eaten, and diffuse hair loss, large and sparse, uneven length.
syphilis white spots : It is very common in women, usually occur 4 to 5 months or a year after infection, and occurs on both sides of the neck. It can also be seen in the chest, back, limbs, breasts, armpits, and perianal areas where patients are completely decolorized, and the surrounding pigment increases are similar to vitiligo.
Syphilis-related nephropathy: mainly occurs in the low incidence of acquired stage syphilis, and the clinical manifestations of acquired syphilis nephropathy, acute nephropathy syndrome, acute progressive glomerulonephritis, etc.
, third stage syphilis (late stage syphilis)
third stage syphilis refers to the occurrence time of late stage syphilis is two years after the onset, and it can also last for 3 to 5 years. It is mainly due to insufficient anti-syphilis treatment or insufficient treatment time, insufficient dosage, and dysregulation of the internal and external environment of the body. Excessive drinking, physical weakness and patients with chronic diseases such as tuberculosis have a poor prognosis. The characteristics of
stage 3 syphilis are as follows:
①On the disease is late, usually 2 to 15 years after infection, with a long course of the disease. If not treated, it can last for 10 to 20 to 30 years or even for life.
②The symptoms of stage 3 syphilis are relatively complex, and can involve any organ, tissue, cell in the body, including skin, mucous membranes, bones, joints, and various internal organs. It is easy to invade nervous system and is easily confused with other diseases, which is particularly difficult to diagnose.
③ Treponema Syphilis has fewer areas of the body and skin lesions, which are weak infectious, but have strong tissue damage, which can easily cause tissue defects and organ damage, which can cause disability and even endanger life.
④ Although anti-syphilis treatment is effective, it cannot repair damaged tissues and organs.
⑤ Syphilis serum reaction is unstable, the negative rate can reach more than 30%, and cerebrospinal fluid often changes.
syphilis can be cured? It is recommended to know in advance that
Syphilis is an infectious disease. It is mainly transmitted through the three transmission channels shared with you above. Compared with other diseases, syphilis patients are more serious, so it has attracted widespread attention from the society and the people. In fact, syphilis is expected to be cured in the early stage.
syphilis can be injected with long-acting penicillin in the early stage to inhibit the recurrence of the disease and kill syphilis cells. This treatment requires treatment once a week and lasts for about half a year. In addition, you should also pay attention to your diet and perform physical examinations according to the doctor's instructions.
