Syphilis can progress to a third stage if left untreated. The third stage emerges 10 to 30 years after the initial infection and can be fatal. At any point in the infection, the bacteria can ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection ... swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms like headaches and muscle aches. The third stage, called the latent stage, has no visible symptoms.

Syphilis has long been difficult to eradicate—and it’s having another resurgence. In the United States alone, more than 171,000 cases of the sexually-transmitted infection were reported in 2021, up 68 ...

Titers can be expected to decline 4-fold by 3 to 6 months and 8-fold by 6 to 12 months after treatment of primary or secondary syphilis. The titer may revert to nonreactive by 12 months ...

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 ...

The stage of infection can also complicate ... Recognizing and Treating Syphilis in Pregnancy. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999. [formerly published in Medscape Women's Health eJournal 3(1), 1998].