History 2195A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Internal Medicine, Wassermann Test, Track Spikes
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Not by regular everyday body contact but by sex acts. When pregnant lady is infected, it can infect the fetus. Physical and mental problems for babies (congenital syphilis) Seen as curse of the unborn, they are innocent, yet they are infected. Each stage impacts the body in wicked ways. Onset infection, wiggle their way through skin after sex, they multiple quickly. 3 stages: primary, secondary the body (like measles or chicken pox, mimics other diseases) 10 to 60 days starting from time of infectionjjk. Slightly elevated round ulcer, on genitals, not painful. Heals all by itself, in a month or twoz. Enter left capillaries, go to the lymph node from there it works their way into the blood stream. Lots of the symptoms look like other diseases. Found out that there are 3 stages (after oslo"s test) 6 weeks to 2 months this stage kicks in.