Without treatment, syphilis can have long-term effects, including internal organ and neurological damage—and even death.

In some cases, it can cause severe neurological issues. Syphilis can be latent in your system for years, but once identified it is curable by antibiotics. Even more alarming than the spread of ...

2004). Neuroscience nurses should identify potential infectious etiologies of neurological decline, including syphilis. The recent resurgence of syphilis, coinciding with the global AIDS epidemic ...

Without treatment, syphilis can infect the brain, nervous system, eyes and ears, causing long-term neurological effects and harming the long-term functionality of the affected organs, according to ...

A resurgence of congenital syphilis in Victoria after a 25-year hiatus has prompted an overhaul of screening for pregnant ...

Syphilis is a curable sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. The infection can also be passed from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy. As a cause of genital ...

If untreated, syphilis can cause tumors and life-threatening neurological and cardiovascular complications, Tseng said. Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, with symptoms ...