Syphilis Student: Ken Phan Microbiology 309 Professor: Gifty Benson April 5‚ 2014 Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that has many nicknames such as cupid’s disease‚ the pox‚ lues‚ syph‚ and the French disease. It starts with sores on the infected area‚ with the mouth and genitals being the most common places. Syphilis appeared dominantly in Europe near the end of the 1400‚ by 1500 it had spread throughout the continent‚ and it reached China and Africa by
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Syphilis Women’s Health Overview • Syphilis is an STD that can cause long-term complications if not treated correctly. Symptoms in adults are divided into stages. These stages are primary‚ secondary‚ latent‚ and late syphilis. Transmission • You can get syphilis by direct contact with a syphilis sore during vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex. Sores can be found on the penis‚ vagina‚ anus‚ in the rectum‚ or on the lips and in the mouth. Syphilis can also be spread from an infected mother to her unborn
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SYPHILIS “THE GREAT IMITATOR” Syphilis is known as a bacterial infection that is caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. The primary way of transmitting this infection is through sexual contact‚ but may also be passed from mother to fetus during pregnancy or at birth which results in congentital syphilis. The exact origin of syphilis is unknown‚ but has been studied over the years and two interesting hypotheses have arisen. The first is that it was carried from the Americas
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The Study of Syphilis‚ It’s Cause and Effect (A Library Research) I. Introduction Men and women of this generation are more prone of having sexually transmitted diseases. It is now one of the major problems in the field of medicine and health. STD is very broad and has many aspects just like cancer. There are also different types of this disease‚ one of these is syphilis. Syphilis has been known to cause devastating epidemics. It killed a lot men and children way back when the cure of this is
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Syphilis Caitlin Evans Roane State Community College Abstract What comes to your mind when you hear the word Syphilis? It’s a sexually transmitted disease; it is only transmitted while having sex; once you have it you will always have it‚ etc. While most of these answers are true‚ there are multiple ways of transmission. Syphilis occurs in four different stages: the primary‚ secondary‚ latent‚ and tertiary stage. Each stage effects the oral cavity and body in different ways. Congenital
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Running Head: TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY Research and Ethics Paper Axia College of University of Phoenix June 22‚ 2009 How can one live with themselves conducting experiments that were unjustified on both moral and ethical grounds‚ in which human beings were used a guinea pigs back in the twentieth century? The United States Public Health Service (PHS) conducted a large study regarding the causes and treatments of syphilis and gonorrhea and recruited approximately 399 black men to participate
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1. What is the causative agent of syphilis? How is it transmitted? What are the main stages of infection? The causative agent of syphilis is Treponema pallidum. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. There are 4 stages of syphilis: Primary‚ Secondary‚ late and latent. In the primary stage one will develop a sore in the place where syphilis entered the body. Often times there is just one sore but multiple can develop. These sores are painless so can easily go undetected. These sores can
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11/13/16 Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease‚ caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria‚ that can cause long term complications when not treated properly. The disease is acquired through bodily contact such as kissing‚ during vaginal‚ anal or oral sex. There are different stages of syphilis and they are divided by their symptoms: primary‚ secondary‚ latent and the late stage (2‚4‚5). In the primary stage‚ symptoms such sores will appear. The location of the sores is where the syphilis entered
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1. Introduction to STD’s What is a disease? It is an abnormal condition in which the body of an organism is affected. Many diseases have come about by many factors; however‚ they can be divided into four main groups. They are pathogenic‚ deficiency‚ hereditary‚ and physiological. In this presentation‚ we’ll be looking at certain diseases which are pathogenic. In this category‚ microscopic organisms called pathogens‚ which are viruses‚ bacteria‚ fungi‚ protozoa and worms‚ are the ones that cause
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study Something very disturbing was happening to African American men in Macon County‚ Alabama between the years of 1932 and 1972. During this time hundreds of black men were chosen to participate in a scientific study. This study would later become known as the “Tuskegee Syphilis Study”. A study in which those black men who were selected would be infected with syphilis‚ to see the effects would be on them compared to white males. This study is also one of the most controversial
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