syphilis

Incubat
ion Per
iod

CAUSE
/EXPLA
NATIO
N
STUDI
ES

Menu
Communicable disease
Common diagnos
laborat ory test
tic procedure/

Signs and
symptoms

prevention
 syphilis

Incubat
ion Per
iod

CAUSE
/EXPLA
NATIO
N
STUDI
ES

Menu Common diagnos

laborat ory test
tic procedure/

Signs and
symptoms

Manage ment
and treatm
ent

prevention
 p h il is
Synreal/Morbus
s Ve n e
Lue u s
G a ll i c
 Definition

syphilis, is a
chronic,infectious,sexually
transmitted disease that
usually begins in the mucous
membrane and quickly becomes
systemic.
 Etiologic Agent
The infection is caused by a
spirochete treponema
1.Treponema
pallidumpallidum has no other
4.The
hostorganism
but man. is also able to
pass fresh
2.From through the taken
smear placenta
from a
and infect
lesion the developing
, treponema pallidum
fetus within
appears shiny,the body ofthreads
twirling a
syphilitic
twisting mother
their way.
5.The with
spirochete does corkscrew
a wave-like not
withstand
motion drying
through thebutdebris of
withstands
the smear. considerable
temperature
3.It is believevariations
that the .
6.Based on the
spirochete study
will , the
pass through
organism
the mucosahas been
even founda
though
alive incrack
visible a drinking
in the glass
surface
one not
may halfbehour afteratthe
present the site
glass
of entryhas
. been rinsed with
cubation Period
The incubation is from 10 to 90 days.

The average is thre

weeks.
Period of communicability
vThe period of
communicability is
variable and
indefinite
 CAUSE
/ EX PLANAT
ION
Sources Sthat can
STUDIEtransmission
Direct cause
infection
Inanimate contact
person
: with infected
qDischarges
w / c may brings from
mucousobvious
or
orglandular
concealed lesions
secretions
From him to the skin or mucous
of
thesurface
skin oforanymucous
one with whom he
membranes
comes in .contact
Indirect contact with articles
qThe
freshly semen , blood
soiled of
with discharges or
infected person
blood containing , tears
the
It can also be transmitted
and
organism
,
urine .
congenitally through the placenta
qSurface lesions
of a syphilitic mothercontain
.
Accidentally , the disease can be
spirochete
transmitted in frominfinite
a syphilitic
Lesions are
Types:
vThe late syphilisuniform in sizes , well defined

and Congenital
Late

Primarysyphilis
Secondary
generalized
. syphilis
syphilis
syphilis
Latent syphilis
It disappear after three to six lata.
Involves the liver, can cause epigastric pain, tenderness, enlarged

Once
( grayish - white lesions
spleen, and anemia. / condylomata
weeks even
treponeme w/o the
enters treatment
fetal circulation
. , dissemination

occurs

at once
Destructive
Affects but
the upper . non - infectious
respiratory tracttype
, it .may cause perforation of the
starts with one or more chancres that

Headache
No ,anorexia
clinical , malaise
nasal septum or the palate.
Occurs few days to
symptoms about
, , wteight
but . los, nausea an
serologic
Associated
Subtypes
erupt
As a body

vomiting
:
in sorethe wthroat
lymphadenopathy
/genitaliaand some
possiblyineither
the anus
mechanism, the uterus expelled the infected and
, slight ,
weeks
test afterorto
,
proves
unilateral
vdead fetus thebilateral
beonset
, resulting of. initial
reactive
to either.
In severe cases, the disease causes the destruction of the bones and
miscarriage or still birth
nipples
Late
fever
benign
other
chancre
. ,
organs
. tonsils
syphilis or
that can leadeyelids
depending upon the stage of pregnancy.
.
to death .


Approximately 2/3 of the clients
1 -Cardiovascular
v 2 years after infection syphilis .( it develops )
Add
In
Hair women
These
onontothethat
loss , develop
chancres
will , collapse
be on the
which
experiencedare internal
Develops about 10 years after initial infection.
usually
skull and protuberant
but. it is onl abdomen of
Seen
Macular
remain
surfaces
the ,fetus
, popular
asymptomatic
skin
, , the
, ,will
, ,
cervix pustular
until
bones ,
and theand
get noticed . or
death
mucous membranes
vaginal
, upper respiratory
tract

painless
temporary
Client
The
liver
nodular
skin . starts
or stomach
rash are seen.
mayisappear
of a as papule
.
asymptomatic
livid red but may
color .then
result in aortic regurgitation
wall .
erode.
and
Gummaaneurysm .
, chronic superficial nodule , or deep granulomatous
lesion .( painless ).
Nails become brittle and pitted.
found in any bone , specifically the long
bones of the legs .
 diag no st ic pr oc edure/ laboratory
Common
test
Dark field illumination test is most
effective if moist lesions are
present.

Fluorescent treponema antibody
absorption test where specimen is
exudates from lesion.

Venereal disease research
Signs and symptoms

For latesigns
Common signsand
: symptom:
> Interstitial
Seen keratitis
in a syphilitic occurs
clients in at the age
general terms of
of thirty
stages . years or even later.
>severe
> usuallylesions
starts are likely to cause
a unexplained rashescorneal
(bullous
scarring , giving
rash) present at rise
birthto opacities which
may
>losscause slight (impairment
of weight of )
olds man face vision or
may result
>nasal in complete
discharges blindness
, sometimes .
contains blood-
stained.
Hair loss could be experience even with out
treatment.
Management and
treatmentIn Stress to thesyphilis
cardiovascular client the
, check
for signs
importanceof decreased
For early syphilis
cardiac
of , completing
treatment
outputthe( decrease
consist of the urine
treatment output
even
administration , of
after
hypoxia , and decrease sensorium ) and
the
penicillinsymptoms
G benzathine subsides
pulmonary congestion .
IM (2.4 Million.
In Instruct those
units.)
neurosyphilis infected
, regularly checkto
inform
Syphilis
the level their
ofof partners
more than
consciousness a year's
, mood
that they
and duration
coherence should
is .treated
Watch out be
with penicillin
for signs G
of benzathine
tested
ataxia . ,2.4 million
and ifunits per week for
necessary ,
Encourage
treated
three client
weeks.. to undergo
VDRL
venereal disease
(Nonpregnant
Practice client who
universal research
develop
laboratory
allergy to ) testing
penicillin after
maybe3 ,treated
6 , 12 , and
precaution
4 months
with oral
.
totetracycline
detect any possiblefor
or doxycycline
In secondary
fifthteen
relapse . days for syphilis ,
early syphilis
Be surekeep
and to the
for thirty
reportlesions
days
all for dry
late of
cases as
infections .
 Report cases to
the nearest health
preventio
facility
n
Control
prostitution.
If you have an
active sexual life,
have a regular
check up.
 ACER

Thanks for
All rights reserved 201
listening
and