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    Parental Guidance is recommended. This document provides information about syphilis including its other names, causative organism, stages, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment with benzyl penicillin G, and emphasis on education as the most important aspect of prevention. Syphilis is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has a primary and secondary stage with characteristic lesions and rashes, can become latent for years, and if left untreated can cause tertiary damage to the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

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    Parental Guidance is recommended. This document provides information about syphilis including its other names, causative organism, stages, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment with benzyl penicillin G, and emphasis on education as the most important aspect of prevention. Syphilis is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has a primary and secondary stage with characteristic lesions and rashes, can become latent for years, and if left untreated can cause tertiary damage to the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

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    Parental Guidance is recommended. This document provides information about syphilis including its other names, causative organism, stages, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment with benzyl penicillin G, and emphasis on education as the most important aspect of prevention. Syphilis is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has a primary and secondary stage with characteristic lesions and rashes, can become latent for years, and if left untreated can cause tertiary damage to the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

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    Parental Guidance is recommended. This document provides information about syphilis including its other names, causative organism, stages, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment with benzyl penicillin G, and emphasis on education as the most important aspect of prevention. Syphilis is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has a primary and secondary stage with characteristic lesions and rashes, can become latent for years, and if left untreated can cause tertiary damage to the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

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    Parental Guidance is

    recommended.
    Other Name
    - Pox
    - Scab
    - Syph
    - The Great Masquerader
    Treponema
    pallidum
    IVE
    T
    A T *Spirochete
    S
    U EN
    A
    C G *Slender
    A
    *Spiral-
    shaped
    *Like a cork
    screw
    U BA T I ON
    INC
    PE R I OD

    10 to 90 days
    3 weeks in average
    MODE OF TRANSMISSION
    • DIRECT CONTACT with lesions, body
    secretions, mucous membrane,
    blood, semen, saliva and vaginal
    discharges during sexual contact
    • BLOOD TRANSFUSION
    • TRANSPLACENTALLY from mother to
    fetus.
    DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES:
    1. Darkfield Microscopy
    2. Venereal Disease Research
    Laboratory serum test (VDRL)
    3. Fluorescent treponemal antibody
    absorption test (FTA-Abs)
    4. Microhemagglutin Assay for
    Treponema Pallidum (MHA-TP)
    5. Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)
    Stages of
    Syphilis
    1. PRIMARY SYPHILIS
    • Appearance of CHANCRE, first sign of syphilis
    • Appears on the site of entry or inoculation
    • Most often in genitalia, lips, nipples and hands, and
    in the oral cavity, anus and rectum.
    • TYPICAL APPEARANCE: Painless, indurated, smooth
    weeping lesions.
    2. SECONDARY SYPHILIS
    • 6 weeks to 6 months after primary syphilis
    • Systemic disease; spirochetes circulate in the
    bloodstream
    • SIGNS&SYMPTOMS: Influenza-like symptoms;
    GENERALIZED RASHES [palms and soles of feet]
    3. LATENT SYPHILIS
    A. EARLY LATENT: occur during first year after
    infection and infectious lesions can recur.
    B. LATE LATENT: more than 1 year in duration
    after infection; not infectious except for
    fetus of pregnant woman
    4. TERTIARY SYPHILIS
    • Occur 4 to 20 years
    • “The Great Masquerader”
    • SIGNS&SYMPTOMS: Benign Lesions;
    Cardiovascular Syphilis; Neurosyphilis
    TREATMENT
    Drug of Choice:

    Benzyl Penicillin G
    IM, 2.4 million unit dosage

    *Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
    E N TI ON
    P R E V
    1. EDUCATION – most important
    aspect of prevention

    “Do not assume that a person is


    not sexually active because of
    his or her age, profession or
    religion.”
    2. Safe sex practices
    3. Abstinence
    4. Decreasing the number of
    sexual partners
    THE END.
    Thank you for
    listening.

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