Syphilis

   

             Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It is also venereal disease or contagious diseases. This disease affects organ & tissues of human body& skin, mucous, nervous tissue etc. The urethral discharge come out from urinary bladder vaginal discharge & blood are the source of transmission of the disease. This disease affect at any age of people but generally seen at sexually active groups [15-49]. 
           If pregnant mother suffer from this diseases then the child may suffer from this diseases. Child born from suffer mother from this disease then chance of deformity seen in child. Prostitution business engaged people generally suffer from this disease. To cure this disease VDRL [Venereal disease Research Laboratory] test should be used.
Causative Agent:-
Treponema palladium is causative agent of syphilis.
Incubation Period:-
Its period from incubated of 1 week to 10 week.
Mode of Transmission:-
v  Direct contacts - sexual transmission, by kissing, by breast feeding.
v  Indirect contacts - Infected Clothes, blades, utensils.
v  Accidental Transmission - Health professional at blood transfusion Center.
v  Trans placental Transmission - mother to her baby placental.
v  Blood Transmission   Affected blood transfusion.
Sign symptoms:-
This disease symptoms divided 3 stage are given below.
1. Primary stage – In this stage small organ swells. It also called primary chancre. This chancre seen at genital region. This stage in from 15 – days – 30 days.
2.  Secondary stage – In this stage general fever, headache seen on patient. Beside it small patches on skin, perineum swell out, & small patches seen on mucus membrane & enlargement of lymph gland generalized lymphadenopathy.
3. Tertiary stage – After some years if not treated it show this signs & symptoms.
v Non healing deep Ulcer.
v Brain damage – Loss of mental power.
v Heart damage – Heart Failure.
v Bone damage – Pumpkin’s seed like teeth.
Prevention and control:-
v  Early diagnosis and case finding,
v  Isolations the patient,
v  Treatment,
v  Avoid unsafe sex,
v  Use condom if need,
v  Reduce illegal prostitution & punished the people engaged on it,
v  Use tested blood only,
v  Health education or sex education etc.

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