The number of primary and secondary syphilis cases in young women rose dramatically in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to illicit drug use and the exchange of drugs for sex. Of infants born to ...

When a pregnant person is infected with syphilis, the infection can pose severe consequences for the pregnant individual and the unborn baby. Left untreated, syphilis can progress to advanced ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause serious problems if not treated – and it can pass from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby. This is called congenital syphilis.

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at the location where the infection entered the body, usually in, on or around ...

Congenital syphilis occurs when the infection is passed from a mother to their baby during pregnancy. The infection is dealt with by ensuring pregnant people are screened for syphilis and are ...

If a woman becomes a carrier before or during pregnancy, her baby could be infected and be born with abnormalities, and the risk of miscarriage or stillbirth increases. Syphilis infections cases ...

Congenital syphilis is a chronic infection that affects multiple organs. It may lead to premature birth or stillbirth. Even if the baby is born without any symptoms, bone deformities, eye disease ...

Pregnancy itself does not seem to alter the clinical progression of syphilis in the female: As in the nonpregnant woman, the primary lesion (Fig. 2) can appear 10 to 90 days after the causative ...