What symptom is male syphilis?

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Syphilis is a common sexually transmitted disease in life, it is not only harmful, but also highly infectious, therefore, infected with syphilis must be found early, early treatment, to avoid the deterioration of the disease endangering their lives. Because many male friends don't know much about the early symptoms of syphilis, they miss the best time for treatment. What symptom is male syphilis? Let's talk about it.

What symptom is male syphilis?

Primary syphilis occurs 2-3 weeks after unclean sexual life, mostly in the genital parts. In men, the penis prepuce, coronal groove, 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 at 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.

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.

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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If male friends find that they have the above symptoms, they must go to a professional hospital in time for examination. After diagnosis, they should be treated in time. Early syphilis can be cured, and the treatment is relatively simple. It is difficult for syphilis to develop into late treatment, which will also bring great trouble to themselves.