Small chancre sores appear with syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI), in the primary stage. A reddish brown rash ...

Never ignore painless genital sores. Even if they don’t hurt, they could be an early sign of syphilis, a serious infection.

Syphilis cases in the US hit a 1950s high Learn about symptoms stages and the latest strategies to combat this resurging ...

Primary syphilis happens two to 12 weeks after exposure to T. pallidum. During this stage, a smooth, hard sore called a chancre will develop on your genitals, anus, or mouth. Most cases involve ...

Consequently, we wish to reiterate that unexplained external and internal ocular lesions such as eyelid lesions in HIV-infected patients should always raise the suspicion of syphilis. In this ...

You generally see one or multiple small sores (which doctors call “chancres”) within three weeks of being exposed to the syphilis bacteria, Gleaton added. Chancres are highly contagious and ...

“Initially, syphilis usually manifests itself with a lesion called 'chancre,' which can appear on the penis, vulva, mouth or anus”. Later, “this lesion usually disappears with time, even ...

“This is my memento mori: to Aunt Hazel; to her horses; to her bas­tard, bliss; to famous cases of syphilis.” Mary Todd Lin­coln prob­a­bly con­tracted syphilis from her hus­band. Nor­bert Hirschhorn ...

On August 16 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the first over-the-counter at-home test for syphilis in an effort to contain a national surge in the sexually transmitted ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MDMedically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum) bacterium, is curable at ...