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83-year-old man went to the hospital with very itchy skin. Turns out he had a rare form of syphilis
A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation ...
Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection Vanessa Etienne ...
Not so long ago, the most likely place you would have encountered syphilis was in a history book, but public health officials ...
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History has suggested that syphilis is a disease of early times. The disease might have been prevalent among the indigenous peoples of the Americas before Europeans travelled to and from the New World ...
Researchers have for decades believed that of these diseases, only syphilis could be transmitted congenitally, lending to the assumption that syphilis began with Christopher Columbus’ journeys. Traces ...
Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...
Eye syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis. Sometimes, it is the first sign of infection. It can affect almost any part of the eye and resemble a range of other eye diseases. Common symptoms of eye ...
Syphilis has been rising sharply in the United States, with especially high rates in Southern states. Now, a new study from Tulane University researchers suggests the long-term infection may carry ...
If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...
Syphilis — an illness that’s been around for centuries, afflicting monarchs, artists and regular folk alike — is on the rise in the U.S. Rates of the sexually transmitted disease are climbing ...
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