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  2. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Latent syphilis has no symptoms and can last years. [2] In tertiary syphilis, there are gummas (soft, non-cancerous growths), neurological problems, or heart symptoms. [3] Syphilis has been known as "the great imitator", because it may cause symptoms similar to many other diseases. [2] [3] Syphilis is most commonly spread through sexual ...

  3. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years - AOL

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    Congenital syphilis occurs when an infected mother passes the infection on to the newborn. When transmitted during pregnancy, it can cause miscarriage, lifelong medical issues, and infant death.

  4. Epidemiology of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    CDC data shows that in 2020, 134,000 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States, rising to 176,000 in 2021, a large jump from the rate of syphilis recorded in the early 2000s, where only about 30,000 cases per year were registered. [24] Reports in 2023 show a rise of more than 900 percent in Mississippi over five years. [25] [26] [27 ...

  5. Sexually transmitted infection - Wikipedia

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    The first effective treatment for a sexually transmitted infection was salvarsan, a treatment for syphilis. With the discovery of antibiotics , a large number of sexually transmitted infections became easily curable, and this, combined with effective public health campaigns against STIs, led to a public perception during the 1960s and 1970s ...

  6. Cases of syphilis hit dangerous record high, CDC says ... - AOL

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    Penicillin quickly became an effective and cost-effective treatment, and after the highest number of cases in the U.S. were recorded in 1943, cases declined over the next 80 years, CDC data shows.

  7. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in Americans age ...

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    By the time people are over the age of 50, Park says “about 1 in 5 of us has herpes type 2,” which causes genital herpes. “And then when we talk about herpes type 1, which causes oral herpes ...

  8. General paresis of the insane - Wikipedia

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    General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane (GPI), paralytic dementia, or syphilitic paresis is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, classified as an organic mental disorder, and is caused by late-stage syphilis and the chronic meningoencephalitis and cerebral atrophy that are associated with this late stage of the disease when left untreated.

  9. Neurosyphilis - Wikipedia

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    The researchers failed to notify and withheld treatment for patients despite knowing penicillin was found as an effective cure for syphilis. After four years of follow-up, neurosyphilis was identified in 26.1% of patients vs. 2.5% of controls. [30] After 20 years of follow-up, 6.5% showed signs of neurosyphilis and 40% had died from other ...