What does syphilis look like

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I have a very good friend who accidentally had a relationship with a strange woman on his birthday last month. A week later, he felt very uncomfortable in his lower body and went to the hospital for examination. The doctor said it was early syphilis. In order to prevent this situation, I'd like to introduce what syphilis looks like.

What does syphilis look like

Symptom 1: the symptoms of syphilis at each stage are different. At the initial stage of syphilis, the symptoms are not obvious, but the patients feel very uncomfortable. The symptoms of primary syphilis are hard chancre. That is to say, erythema, infiltration, nodule and quick damage occur in vulva, forming painless and itchless ulcer. The base and periphery are relatively hard, accompanied by swelling of inguinal lymph nodes. Most of the patients occurred in glans and coronal sulcus.

Symptom 2: secondary syphilis is characterized by pleomorphic rash, which is often symmetrically distributed on the skin of the trunk and the flexed side of the extremities. Red or purplish red macular rash is smooth or with scales. It is not itchy or painful. The lymph nodes of the whole body are often slightly enlarged, but there is no tenderness. Some patients have flat wet eczema with moist surface around the external genitalia or anus.

Symptom 3: skin and mucous membrane damage in patients with stage III syphilis, typical lesions are nodular syphilid and gumma. The nervous system, heart blood system, liver, spleen and bone can all have pathological changes, which seriously affect the function of various organs, resulting in disability and even loss of life.

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Syphilis serological test is a necessary method for the diagnosis of syphilis, especially for latent syphilis. After Treponema pallidum infects human body, it can produce two kinds of antibodies. Nonspecific anti cardiolipin antibody can be detected by bovine cardiolipin, which is called non Treponema pallidum antigen Seroreaction (Treponema pallidum protein + human lipid antigen anti cardiolipin antigen anti cardiolipin antibody + cardiolipin antigen non Treponema pallidum antigen Seroreaction); Anti Treponema pallidum antibody can be detected by Treponema pallidum (live or dead Treponema pallidum or its components), which is called Treponema pallidum antigen Seroreaction (Treponema pallidum specific antigen - stimulating body anti Treponema pallidum antibody + Treponema pallidum antigen - Treponema pallidum Seroreaction).