Is syphilis similar to a cold?

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Syphilis is a chronic, systemic sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. It is mainly transmitted by sexual way, and can be clinically manifested as primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis, latent syphilis and congenital syphilis (fetal syphilis). Syphilis is a highly infectious venereal disease, which can be divided into early and late stages. So, is syphilis similar to a cold? What are they? Let's get to know.

Is syphilis similar to a cold?

The prominent symptoms of primary syphilis are chancre and syphilitic transverse ulcer. Chancre refers to the inflammatory reaction at the site of spirochete invasion, which is characterized by erythema, erosion or shallow ulcer. Generally, chancre is single and lacks self-conscious symptoms. It is easy to be found in men's genitals, but difficult to be found in women's vagina or cervix. Syphilitic transverse ulcer refers to the enlargement of lymph nodes near the chancre, which is non suppurative, hard and lasts for a long time.

Secondary syphilis occurs 6-12 weeks after the appearance of chancre, mainly in the skin and mucous membrane, occasionally involving the skeleton and nerves. Some patients often have systemic symptoms before rash, such as headache, low fever, general discomfort, joint pain, loss of appetite, tonsillar enlargement, etc. Secondary syphilis has various manifestations, can simulate the damage of various skin diseases, lack of conscious symptoms, and can subside without treatment, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed.

The third stage syphilis may appear the skin mucous membrane performance, also may invade the cardiovascular and the nervous system. In recent years, due to the extensive use of antibiotics, the typical skin and mucous membrane manifestations of stage III syphilis have been very rare. Cardiovascular syphilis can appear syphilitic aortoarteritis, aortic insufficiency, aortic aneurysm, syphilitic coronary arteritis, myocarditis and so on. Nervous system syphilis, can cause spinal tuberculosis and general paralysis dementia, also can appear cerebrovascular accident, meningitis and other manifestations.

matters needing attention

Syphilis: first of all, health education and publicity should be strengthened to avoid unsafe sexual behavior. Secondly: syphilis patients should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, carry out the necessary functional exercise, maintain a good state of mind, in order to facilitate rehabilitation. Finally: pay attention to the details of life, to prevent transmission to others: early syphilis patients have a strong infectious, late syphilis although infectious gradually reduced, but also to be careful to protect. Their underwear, towel timely separate cleaning, boiling disinfection, not with others in the same basin and bath. In case of chancre or condyloma plana around vulva or anus, the hip bath can be fumigated with Chinese herbal medicine decocting water for heat clearing, detoxification, dehumidification and insecticidal.