A recent study offers a promising sign in syphilis incidence, a preventable and curable STI that has been surging across the ...

You have to take medication to cure syphilis and stop it from moving to the next stage. Secondary stage symptoms include rashes on the palms of your hands, soles of your feet, or other parts of your ...

Early signs of HIV can include fatigue, rash, fever, chills ... They are often related to secondary lung infections, which are common in the later stages of HIV. A persistent cough is always ...

We describe one such presentation of early syphilis in its secondary stage. A man in his late 20s presented with a rash (which is typical of the secondary stage) and with bone pain with multiple lytic ...

These rashes are often restricted to the genital area but can spread after contact with an infected area. Secondary syphilis is the second phase of a syphilis infection when rough, red, or brown ...

On further history, she recalled experiencing an illness associated with diffuse rash, likely secondary syphilis, 1–2 months prior. She tested negative for HIV. She was treated with intravenous ...

Instead, the bacteria will persist and lead to secondary and tertiary syphilis, both of which cause different symptoms ... Infection typically occurs when you come into contact with an active herpes ...

The prevalence of neurologic manifestations of syphilis reported among patients with early- and late-stage disease increased between 2019 and 2022.

According to LDH’s fourth-quarter surveillance report, the total number of early syphilis diagnoses in Louisiana dropped from 1,857 in 2023 to 1,557 in 2024. That includes both Primary & Secondary ...

That includes both Primary & Secondary (P&S) syphilis and early non-P&S syphilis. P&S syphilis diagnoses fell from 1,082 to 843. Early non-P&S syphilis diagnoses decreased from 775 to 714.

Wisconsin health officials are calling a significant spike in congenital syphilis over the last several years "especially ...