Management of Adult Syphilis between Gynecology and Urology

Alkhalifah, Osama Mohammed; Tayb, Mohammed Samy; Khalifa, Salwa Metwally Aly; Alrajeh, Maha Sultan; Buhlaigah, Afnan Mohammed; Almarzugi, Ruzanah Abdulaziz; Bukhari, Samaher Maher; Al-Shehab, Fatma Mohammed; Alsharif, Mohammed Hasan; Alghamdi, Mohannad Ali; Hussien, Nihal Mubarak Mohamed; Allil, Ahmad Abdulwhab Jaml; Alhamdan, Fahad Abdullah; Hussein, Muna Imad; Baeshen, Noha Rihab

doi:10.12816/0042962

Management of Adult Syphilis between Gynecology and Urology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Mansoura University

² University of 6th October

³ Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital

⁴ Pavol Jozef Šafárik University

⁵ University of Dammam

⁶ King Abdulaziz University

⁷ Batterjee Medical College

⁸ Arabian Gulf University

⁹ Umm Alqura University

¹⁰ University of Bahri

¹¹ Ibn Sina National College

10.12816/0042962

Abstract

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease found only in humans, which is caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum). It infects the genital area, lips, mouth, or anus of both men and women. Patients usually get syphilis from sexual contact with someone who has it. It can also pass from mother to baby during pregnancy. The early stage of syphilis usually causes a single, small, painless sore. Sometimes it causes swelling in nearby lymph nodes. If you do not treat it, syphilis usually causes a non-itchy skin rash, often on your hands and feet. Many people do not notice symptoms for years. Symptoms can go away and come back. The sores caused by syphilis make it easier to get or give someone HIV during sex. If you are pregnant, syphilis can cause birth defects, or you could lose your baby. In rare cases, syphilis causes serious health problems and even death. Syphilis is easy to cure with antibiotics if you catch it early. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading syphilis.

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