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 ...

Pregnancy brings an exciting and busy nine months of preparation before baby’s arrival. It also includes an assortment of ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released their annual sexually transmitted infections surveillance report for 2022 — the most recent year with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Syphilis is spreading in Japan, with a record 8,155 cases reported so far this year, mainly in people in their 20s. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported that 8,155 ...

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 ...