How not to miss the very beginning of the disease and timely respond to the infection? To do this, you need to know what the primary syphilis looks like. Of course, if you suspect a disease, you need to turn to a venereologist, but it's also very useful to have such information, especially for those who often change their sexual partners.
How does the chancre look like with syphilis?
Chancre, or hard scar tissue, is an ulcer that appears at the site of a pale spirochete getting into the body. Most often it is on the genitals, although it can be in the intestine, cervix, urethra or on the mucous membrane of the mouth. The wound has clear solid edges, and inside it is liquid contents.
It arises after the incubation period is over - 3-4 weeks, and passes without a trace in 5-6 weeks. Rank does not deliver any unpleasant and painful sensations, and therefore can be simply not noticed and then the disease progresses.
What does a rash look like when women are syphilis?
Syphilis in both men and women affects the genitals, and in the female it looks like ulcers located on the labia or anus. Less common is chancre on the body - chest, abdomen, pubic area. In the second-third stage of the disease, rashes can have a variety of color, appearance and size.
So, the color of the rash can be rusty, red, grayish or even cyanotic. The size of each of the pimples can vary from a millimeter, to the size of a walnut and placed on the palms, feet and torso.
Later, after several years, untreated syphilis looks like ulcers that affect a large surface, necrosis of the dermis and surrounding cartilaginous tissues begins.
What does household syphilis look like?
The first signs of domestic syphilis are identical to sexual infection, and they look correspondingly. That's only an infection, not through sexual contact, more often appears on the mucosa of the mouth, lips or body, rather than on the genitals.
Although, if the infection has occurred through a linen or towel, then in this case there may be a chancre on the external genitalia. In any case, the slightest suspicion of the disease in himself and his relatives should lead a person into the doctor's office without delay.