Early symptoms of syphilis

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In recent days, I found that my chest was uncomfortable. There was a transparent pimple on my glans. I don't know why I felt sore in my limbs these days. I still had a fever last night. Then I went to the hospital to see a doctor. Only after the examination did I know it was syphilis. Today, let me talk about the early symptoms of syphilis.

Early symptoms of 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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Early time is mainly in the baby born about 3 weeks, this is congenital syphilis, at this time the child's development is relatively poor, thin body and skin relaxation, and patients often accompanied by abdominal distension and hepatosplenomegaly, at the same time about half of the children will have skin damage, mainly on the symptoms of syphilis is erythema, papules, blisters and other symptoms Pustules, sometimes the patient's skin can also appear a large area of exfoliation of the epidermis, often occurs in the patient's genitals, trunk and head.