Transmission route of syphilis

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that has appeared since ancient times and has especially broken out in recent years, the rate of patients being diagnosed with syphilis tends to increase because many people still do not know syphilis. How is tomorrow transmitted?

1. How is syphilis transmitted?

Although it is a common disease, many people still wonder if syphilis is contagious? How is syphilis transmitted?... Like other social diseases, there are many ways that syphilis can be transmitted from one person to another, specifically:
Sexual transmission Syphilis Syphilis can be easily transmitted from person to person through direct contact with syphilis sores (usually in the genital area). That is why sex is a common mode of transmission of syphilis.
Syphilis in men and women is not only transmitted through heterosexual sex (traditionally with penile-vaginal contact), but any form of sexual contact with a person with syphilis. All syphilis will be contagious, including anal sex, gay sex, or oral sex... Accordingly, the question "is syphilis transmitted orally? ” also had the answer.

In addition, if there is intimate contact with syphilis patients such as hugging, kissing, skin contact, etc., they can also be infected.
Transmission by indirect contact with syphilis spirochetes Some other possibilities of syphilis spirochete infection are contact with objects of a patient with syphilis (such as pillows, clothes, etc.) ) in the presence of secretions, pus, and blood of the patient.
Syphilis infection through blood All forms of injection, blood transfusion ... that infect the body are a good condition for syphilis bacteria to attack if the injection is not sterile. In this way of infection, syphilis bacteria will be latent in the patient's blood vessels but have no clinical manifestations.
However, without close screening, the patient can donate blood and the person receiving the blood transfusion will also spread syphilis in the same way. In addition, syphilis can also be transmitted through injection drug use.
Syphilis can also be transmitted from mother to child Syphilis can be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy. This type of transmission is dangerous because it can seriously affect the health and well-being of the baby, even causing death.

Besides, having syphilis also increases your chances of being infected with the HIV virus. Therefore, testing for social diseases such as syphilis, HIV, ... is extremely necessary to ensure comprehensive pregnancy care.
Therefore, for pregnant women who are at high risk of catching the disease (such as living with someone with syphilis, living in an area with high prevalence, etc.), you need to be tested. diagnosis of syphilis in the first 3 months and these tests should be done 2 more times in the second and third trimesters.
If the test result is positive, the pregnant woman must take active treatment immediately to avoid syphilis infection to the baby. Newborns after birth, whether they have symptoms or not, need to be checked and treated for syphilis immediately. Otherwise, serious complications can quickly develop within the first few weeks of life: growth retardation, seizures or death can occur...

2. Subjects at high risk of syphilis

There are some cases where syphilis is known, but the risk is still very high, that is:
People who are working as sex workers This group of people is at very high risk of contracting syphilis. Spiral syphilis through this object can even infect many other people. With the high possibility of infection into the body, you will get syphilis no matter what type of sex you have.
Objects of indiscriminate sex Some people who are unfaithful or have liberal thoughts, often have sex with many objects, are equally likely to have diseases as the ones above. And as mentioned in the transmission routes, if you just stop at intimate actions, you can still get syphilis in particular and sexually transmitted diseases in particular.

Newborns of mothers with syphilis While pregnant, if the pregnant mother has syphilis, this spirochete that causes syphilis will also be transmitted to the fetus (as mentioned above). In this case, the baby will have symptoms such as:
Deformed bones. Severe anemia. Enlarged liver and spleen, jaundice, yellow eyes. There may be problems with the brain - nerves, such as blindness, congenital deafness... Thus, it can be seen that the mode of transmission of syphilis mainly comes from the unhealthy lifestyle of people. To prevent diseases, each person needs to organize a more active and healthy life and habits, especially in sexual activity.
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