Is asymptomatic syphilis contagious?

summary

"Most of the syphilis patients are young and middle-aged, and there is no lack of elderly patients. We slowly found that such symptoms are caused by more differences. Most syphilis patients are infected through sexual contact. In addition to genital contact, the contact between sexual organs and mouth, hands can also be infected. " So, in life, we should pay attention to it, the following specific talk about asymptomatic syphilis can be infected?.

Is asymptomatic syphilis contagious?

First: under normal circumstances, after unclean sexual intercourse, Treponema pallidum enters the human body from the damaged skin and mucous membrane, and spreads to the whole body through blood circulation 2-3 days later.

Second: after 2-4 weeks, the infected party began to appear papules or rice sized erythema in the genital area, and then slowly raised to form induration from soybean size to finger size, and soon formed ulcers and erosion. The exudate contained a large amount of Treponema pallidum, and the infectivity was strong at this time.

Third: there are quite a number of female syphilis patients without any symptoms. Most of these patients are found to have syphilis only when they check their blood during premarital examination, prenatal examination and even pregnancy. This is the so-called "latent syphilis", which is often impossible to prevent.

matters needing attention

If you have ever had dirty sex, the only way to know exactly whether you have syphilis is to do serological examination. If the diagnosis is confirmed, the patient should tell the partner, so that the other party should also do the examination. Syphilis treatment emphasizes early treatment and standardized treatment, so that most patients can be cured.