What is syphilis ? what are the medications ?

Answer 1

a sexually transmitted disease that could kill you if left untreated.

Answer 2

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or sexually transmitted infection (STI) that, when left untreated, can progress to a late stage that causes serious health problems. The infection alternates with periods of being active and inactive (latent). When the infection is active, symptoms occur; however, when the infection is latent, no symptoms appear even though you still have syphilis.

Anyone who comes into close physical contact with a person who has syphilis can develop syphilis. You don't have to have sexual intercourse to get syphilis—exposure can result from close contact with an infected person's genitals, mouth, or rectum.


If detected and treated, syphilis can be cured with antibiotics. If not treated, syphilis will linger and may progress to the late stage where more serious health problems, such as blindness, heart disorders, mental disorders, nervous system problems, and even death, can occur.

Treatment is needed to cure the infection, prevent complications, and prevent the spread of the infection to others. It is critical to treat a pregnant woman with syphilis; without treatment, syphilis can cause a miscarriage or stillbirth or cause a baby to be born with the disease (congenital syphilis). Antibiotics effectively treat syphilis during any stage. Antibiotic treatment cannot reverse the damage caused by the complications of late-stage syphilis, but it can prevent further complications from developing.

Answer 3

Syphilis is a venereal disease - a sexually transmitted disease - caused by a spirochete (a really small organism LIKE bacteria but not bacteria) Treponema pallidum.
Symptoms: Primary: a small genital lesion
Secondary: sore throat, swollen lymph glands, genital ulcerations
Tertiary: heart and nervous system defects, abscesses.
Syphilis is very dangerous if a pregnant lady has it as it can reslut in multiple abnormalities in the baby.
IT is diagnosed with a blood test on which the lab will do RPR and VDRL tests - which test your body's immune reaction.
It can be treated with penicillin, erythromicin and tetracycline -- but tetracycline is not given to pregnant females!

Answer 4

Try this web site on Webmd http://www.webmd.com/hw/healthy_sexuality/hw5839.asp

Answer 5

It's an STD and I'm not so sure there are any medications.

Answer 6

venereal disease. was called saint elmo's fire in the old days. in advanced stages; boils, seeping soars, insanity, painful death. treated with antibiotics