What symptom does congenital syphilis have?

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Syphilis is a systemic infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum. It can be divided into congenital syphilis and acquired syphilis. Congenital syphilis is also known as fetal syphilis. The pathogen infects the fetus through the placenta in the mother, which can cause stillbirth and premature birth. The risk of syphilis in pregnancy is 2.5 times higher than that of normal pregnant women. The perinatal mortality of pregnant women with syphilis is as high as 50%. It is a disease that seriously affects the physical and mental health of infants. What symptom does congenital syphilis have? What symptom does congenital syphilis have? Let's talk about it

What symptom does congenital syphilis have?

Early congenital syphilis is characterized by large herpes or bronze macular lesions on the palms and soles of the feet and papular lesions around the mouth and nose and diaper area, often with systemic lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Infants may have growth arrest and characteristic "elderly appearance", chapped mouth, purulent or bloody nasal secretions, and a few infants may have meningitis, choroiditis, hydrocephalus or convulsions. Others may have mental retardation, osteochondritis within 3 months after birth, especially in the long bones and ribs, which may cause pseudoparalysis of limbs, accompanied by characteristic changes of bone X-ray examination.

In the late stage of congenital syphilis, gummy ulcer is easy to invade the nose, nasal septum and hard palate, while the damage of periosteum is characterized by "saber like tibia" and the protrusion of frontal bone and parietal bone. Neurosyphilis often asymptomatic, but can occur juvenile general paralysis and spinal tuberculosis, optic nerve atrophy can sometimes lead to blindness. Syphilitic keratitis is the most common eye damage, and often relapses leading to corneal scar. Progressive sensorineural hearing loss can occur at any age. The abnormal development of syphilitic teeth, mulberry like molars and maxilla lead to the "fighting dog" face. If it happens, there will be sequelae.

Congenital latent syphilis has no clinical symptoms, syphilis seropositive for congenital latent syphilis. Many children with congenital syphilis have no early symptoms, and they are in the latent period of the disease all their life, and never show any active clinical symptoms.

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99% of the cases were cured by proper treatment during pregnancy. However, some cases in pregnancy treatment is too late, although can eliminate the infection, but after birth there are still symptoms of syphilis.