All women should be screened for syphilis ... revised reporting guidelines that broadened the definition of congenital syphilis in 1989 so that symptoms of disease or serologic evidence of ...

Again, the signs and symptoms of secondary syphilis resolve ... Untreated or inadequately treated syphilis in pregnant women can profoundly affect fetal outcome, resulting in congenital infection ...

Four other women in the area also developed ocular syphilis — a rare development in which the bacteria causes vision problems. The women reported symptoms that ranged from headaches and mild hearing ...

Syphilis cases in the West Midlands have rocketed by 32 per cent in the past three years, according to the UK Health Security ...

To understand the scope, look at the numbers: syphilis cases among women across Michigan leaped from 217 in 2018 to 757 last year ... Blood tests are a reliable diagnostic tool, though other methods, ...

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Shawnee County experienced an outbreak of syphilis dating back to May 2023, which KDHE said is affecting unhoused people and ...

But infections in heterosexual men and women have more than doubled since ... It can take three weeks or more for the symptoms of syphilis to appear after you're infected. Sometimes the symptoms ...