Can trust diagnose syphilis

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A week ago, I began to feel uncomfortable with my penis. When I urinated, I felt a tingling pain at the urethral orifice. Later, there was a pimple on my penis, and the penis became red and swollen, and the urethral orifice was purulent. I went to the hospital for examination. As a result, the doctor said that I had syphilis, and now my condition has been controlled. For the problem of whether trust can diagnose syphilis, let me tell you.

Can trust diagnose syphilis

Symptom 1: primary syphilis occurs 2-3 weeks after unclean sexual life, mostly in the genital parts. In men, the penis prepuce, coronal sulcus, frenulum, chancre, 1-2 cm in diameter, round or oval, slightly higher than the skin, mild erosion or shallow ulcer on the surface, a little secretion, flesh red or dark red, not painful or itchy, cartilaginous hardness during palpation. Generally single, but also multiple. Inguinal lymph nodes or adjacent lymph nodes can be enlarged, often several, different sizes, hard quality, no adhesion, no ulceration, no pain.

Symptom 2: secondary syphilis usually occurs 8-12 weeks after infection. The early symptoms include influenza like syndrome and systemic lymphadenopathy. The skin rash is multiform, including macular rash, papule, squamous rash, pustular rash, etc. The skin rashes around vulva and anus are mostly wet papules and flat condyloma, which are not painful and itchy. The head may appear insect erosion like hair loss. Second stage recurrent syphilis lesions are limited, the number is small, ring rash can be seen, oral mucosal spots can occur, mild discomfort and superficial lymphadenopathy can appear.

Symptom 3: third stage syphilis, also known as late syphilis, has a history of primary or secondary syphilis, and the disease period is more than 2 years. The manifestations were nodular rash and nodules near joints, gummy swelling of skin, mucosa and bone, liver syphilis in digestive system, simple aortoarteritis, aortic valve insufficiency and aortic aneurysm in cardiovascular system, syphilitic meningitis, tuberculosis of spinal cord and paralytic dementia in nervous system.

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Treponema pallidum IgM antibody test is a new syphilis test method in recent years. IgM antibody is a kind of immunoglobulin, which has the advantages of high sensitivity, early diagnosis and determination of whether the fetus is infected with Treponema pallidum.