Syphilis is a preventable and treatable sexually transmitted infection (STI) that develops in stages. Other symptoms can occur alongside a rash in its second stage, including fever, swollen glands ...

Second stage syphilis typically causes a non-itchy rash to develop. It usually affects the trunk, the soles of the feet, and the palms of the hands, though it can develop elsewhere in the body.

It means you’re about to enter the second stage of syphilis. Secondary Syphilis. About 2 to 10 weeks after the first sore appears, you may develop the following: ...

Syphilis is one-and-a-half times more common in men than women, and primarily affects people aged 20 to 39. ... The second stage, which can begin weeks or months after the chancre heals, ...

Left untreated, syphilis has the potential to return as tertiary syphilis. In this stage, it can damage a person’s organs, including the heart, brain and nervous system. In some cases, it can ...

Some people with latent syphilis will experience a tertiary stage of illness years to decades later that causes severe damage to the body’s organs, including the brain.

Last year, cases of the most infectious stages of syphilis fell 10% from the year before — the first substantial decline in more than two decades. Gonorrhea cases dropped 7%, marking a second ...

New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s.

Most participants were referred early in the second trimester, and 67.1% had early latent syphilis. Ceftriaxone was administered as 250 to 500 mg IM daily for a 10-day duration depending on the ...

Invasion of the central nervous system occurs in nearly all patients during the early stages of syphilis, ... J. E. Modern Treatment of Syphilis. Second edition. 712 pp. Springfield, Ill.: ...

Since hitting a low in 2000 and 2001, the rate of the most infectious forms of syphilis (primary and secondary stage syphilis) has increased almost annually and rising 9.3% from 2021 to 2022, ...