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Alternate Name(s): Late syphilis; Tertiary syphilis ...... Tertiary syphilis is a late phase of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis , caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum .
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000662.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000662.htm#Definition
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Tertiary syphilis is a late stage of the disease which can follow the initial infection, primary syphilis, by several years(3-15). Pockets of damage accumulate in various tissues such as the bones, skin, nervous tissue, heart, and arteries.
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Syphilis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum . The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual conta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis
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Tertiary (Late) syphilis ... Other clinical signs of syphilis (late) include: ... Late syphilis usually becomes apparent after 15-30 years of untreated infection.
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www.herpes-coldsores.com/std/syphilis.htm
www.herpes-coldsores.com/std/syphilis.htm
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Syphilis is an STD that, if it goes untreated, can lead to serious health problems. ... Late (Tertiary) Syphilis ... Some of them go on to have symptoms of late syphilis, which can appear even years later and can damage the eyes, large blood vessels, heart, bones, and central nervous system (called neurosyphilis).
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kidshealth.org/parent/infections/std/syphilis.html
kidshealth.org/parent/infections/std/syphilis.html
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For people who are allergic to penicillin, other antibiotics are available to treat syphilis. There are no home remedies or over-the-counter drugs that will cure syphilis. Treatment will kill the syphilis bacterium and prevent further damage, but it will not repair damage already caused by late stage syphilis.
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www.lycos.com/info/syphilis--late-syphilis.html
www.lycos.com/info/syphilis--late-syphilis.html
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Left untreated, syphilis can cause multi-system disease, particularly irreversible neurologic damage. We describe a case of cutaneous secondary syphilis, neurosyphilis and luetic hepatitis in a cardiac transplant patient.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16507433
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Patients with latent syphilis or syphilis of unknown duration should be evaluated for tertiary disease and neurosyphilis. ... After excluding repeated estimates and patients whose blood syphilis serology had either been negative or not been determined within 3 months of lumbar puncture, 265 out of 710 cerebrospinal fluids...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16874420
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Latent syphilis; This asymptomatic stage occurs in two phases: early (within 1 year of infection) and late (after 1 year), and follows secondary syphilis. Late latent syphilis is noninfectious. The bacteria remain inactive in the lymph nodes and the spleen.
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www.urologychannel.com/std/syphilis.shtml
www.urologychannel.com/std/syphilis.shtml
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