Sexual Health
What are the early symptoms of syphilis in men? More than 90% of syphilis is transmitted through sexual contact
Syphilis is a chronic and systemic infectious disease caused by spirochete pallidum, and is a common venereal disease. What are the early symptoms of syphilis? Let's take a look at the introduction below.
What are the early symptoms of syphilis? The early male symptoms of syphilis begin with the appearance of round, oval nodules or rashes of the size of rice grains on the inner surface or the coronal groove, the prepuce frenulum and the upper part. Most of them are single, with hard periphery, and rapid erosion and ulcer on the surface, but without pus or discomfort. Syphilis is usually transmitted through sexual channels. Clinically, early syphilis and late syphilis. When syphilis reaches its final stage, it will do great harm to human body, damage the internal organs and nervous system of human body, and may die.
If it is not cured in time, more serious secondary syphilis, weight loss, general discomfort, chronic diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes and oral mucosal ulcer may occur after one month. It can also cause serious diseases such as lung infection or multiple bleeding tumors. Acquired syphilis, early predilection parts are penis, glans, coronal groove, prepuce, urethral orifice.
The patients with syphilis in the early stage of hard stage did not receive timely and regular treatment. Treponema pallidum entered the blood circulation from the lymphatic system, multiplied and spread in large numbers, invaded the skin, mucous membrane, bone, viscera, cardiovascular and nervous system, and presented a variety of symptoms.
The onset of syphilis is slow, and the symptoms are mild. The early clinical symptoms often subside naturally, causing patients to neglect early treatment. Syphilis patients have been asymptomatic for many years and become syphilis carriers. Pregnant women with syphilis can be transmitted to the next generation through the placenta, which is very harmful.
Transmission route of syphilis
1. Sexual contact transmission
In clinic, more than 90% of syphilis is transmitted through sexual contact with syphilis patients. The ways of sexual contact include sexual intercourse, warm kisses, and body and skin contact hugs. Due to the thin skin mucosa, rich blood vessels and extreme hyperemia during sexual intercourse, sexual friction can cause slight damage, creating conditions for the invasion of syphilis pallidum spirochete.
2. Indirect contact transmission
Contact with things used by syphilis patients, such as the patient's clothes, bedding, articles, supplies, utensils, urinals, toilets and bath towels, may be contaminated by the patient's secretion and infected with syphilis pallidum. Even healthy people who live closely with syphilis patients are prone to syphilis when they come into contact with these articles with pathogenic bacteria through slight wounds.