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The chancre is usually firm, round, small, and painless. It lasts 3 to 6 weeks, and heals without treatment. However, if adequate treatment is not administered, the infection progresses to the secondary stage.
Secondary Stage
the secondary stage. This stage typically starts with the development of a rash on one or more areas of the body. The rash usually does not cause itching. Rashes associated with secondary syphilis can appear as the chancre is healing or several weeks after the chancre has healed. Thestage.The characteristic rash the feet. However, rashes with a different appearance may occur on other parts of the body, sometimes resembling rashes caused by other diseases. Sometimes rashes are not noticed. In addition to rashes,noticeable.
Other symptoms of of disease.
Late
Latent and LatentLate Stages
The secondary symptoms disappear. Without treatment,disappear without treatment and the infected person will continue to have syphilis even though there are no signs or symptoms; infection remains for years. The
The late stages disease may subsequently damage the and joints. Signs and symptoms of the late stage of syphilis include difficulty coordinating muscle movements, paralysis, numbness, gradual blindness, and dementia. This damage cause death.
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Between 2005 and 2006, the number of reported P&S syphilis cases increased 11.8 percent.
Genital sores (chancres) caused by syphilis make it easier to transmit and acquire HIV infection sexually.

Because many people with gonorrhea also have chlamydia, another STD, antibiotics for both infections are usually given together.
Syphilis
Between 2005 and 2006, the number of reported P&S syphilis cases increased 11.8 percent.
Genital sores (chancres) caused by syphilis make it easier to transmit and acquire HIV infection sexually.
Syphilis is easy to cure in its earlySymptoms: Syphilis can progress into three different stages. A single intramuscular injection of penicillin, an antibiotic, will cure a person who has had syphilis for less than a year.
Primary Stage
multiple sores. The time between infection with syphilis and the
Symptoms start on an average of the first symptom can range from 10 to 9021 days (average 21 days). Theafter exposure
The chancre is painless. It appears at the spot where syphilis entered the body. The chancre lasts 3 weeks, and it heals without
Secondary Stage
Skin rash and mucous membrane lesions characterize the secondary stage. This stage typically starts with the development of a rash on one or more areas of the body. The rash usually does not cause itching. Rashes associated with secondary syphilis can appear as the chancre is healing or several weeks after the chancre has healed. The characteristic rash of secondary syphilis may appear as rough, red, or reddish brown spots both on the palms of the hands and the bottoms of the feet. However, rashes with a different appearance may occur on other parts of the body, sometimes resembling rashes caused by other diseases. Sometimes rashes associated with secondary syphilis are so faint that they are not noticed. In addition to rashes, symptoms of secondary syphilis may include fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches, and fatigue. The signs and symptoms of secondary syphilis will resolve with or without treatment, but without treatment, the infection will progress to the latent and possibly late stages of disease.
Late and Latent Stages
The latent (hidden) stage of syphilis begins when primary and secondary symptoms disappear. Without treatment, the infected person will continue to have syphilis even though there are no signs or symptoms; infection remains in the body. This latent stage can last for years. The late stages of syphilis can develop in about 15% of people who have not been treated for syphilis, and can appear 10 – 20 years after infection was first acquired. In the late stages of syphilis, the disease may subsequently damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints. Signs and symptoms of the late stage of syphilis include difficulty coordinating muscle movements, paralysis, numbness, gradual blindness, and dementia. This damage may be serious enough to cause death.
Between 2005 and 2006, the number of reported P&S syphilis cases increased 11.8 percent.
Genital sores (chancres) caused by syphilis make it easier to transmit and acquire HIV infection sexually.
Syphilis is easy to cure in its early stages. A single intramuscular injection of penicillin, an antibiotic, will cure a person who has had syphilis for less than a year.

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Chlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because about three quarters of infected women and about half of infected men have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure.
Women who have symptoms might have an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever or bleeding between menstrual periods.
discharge from theirthe penis or
In women, untreated infection can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). This happens in up to 40 percent of women with untreated chlamydia. PID can cause permanent damage to the fallopian tubes, uterus, and surrounding tissues.
To help prevent the serious consequences of chlamydia, screening at least annually for chlamydia is recommended for all sexually active women age 25 years and younger.
Chlamydia can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics.
Gonorrhea
or green discharge from the penis.discharge. Sometimes men no symptoms. Even when a woman has symptoms, theySymptoms can be so non-specific as to benon-specific so that they are mistaken for urinating, increased vaginal discharge, or vaginal bleeding between inflammatory disease (PID). About one million women each year in the United States develop PID.(PID)
Because many people with gonorrhea also have chlamydia, another STD, antibiotics for both infections are usually given together.
Syphilis