Stages Of Syphilis And Its Impact On The Human Body

Syphilis has three stages and these have tremendous impact on the human body, and as well as the internal organs. In the primary stage of syphilis, the infected person may see many round shape sore appearance on their body. Most people do not know they have syphilis at the time because the sore is not painful, so the person might go around without his or her knowledge of this occurring. Seeking treatment can prevent the person from moving into the secondary stage. Frank Snowden explained that secondary stage is between forty-five days after the disappearance of the chancre. In this stage, the infected person will notice rashes on either their hands, mouth, or feet. It will not appear right away when the previous treatment is already in the …show more content…
Some people do not get treatment right away and all of the previous symptoms will disappear, which sound like a great thing, but it is actually not. It just means you still you syphilis is your system and when it does appear later, it might be even worse than before. Early treatment is your best option. I have a short video for you to watch that explains these stages in more detail with images. You can turn your head on the side if you do not want to see the images.The video did a great job summarizing the three stages of syphilis. Now I am going to talk about the Treponema pallidum which was the bacteria that causes syphilis. The guy in the video mentioned the bacteria but I am going to explain it even more. T. pallidum for short has coil spirochete shape and it has the ability to infect man. T. pallidum do not have Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and biosynthetic pathways because they have small base pairs. Snowden explained bacteria cannot survive outside of body fluids and it can only be transmitted by sexual contact. This bacteria cannot be seem visible on agar plate meaning it cannot be grown culturally in a