SYPHILIS
Penicillin and other medicines have revolutionized the treatment of this serious disease. However, this does not mean it is no longer a killer. But it is tremendously reassuring to know that syphilis can be readily and completely cured.
In the main, syphilis is transmitted through sexual contact. In extremely rare instances, it has been contracted by drinking from a glass previously used by a syphilitic person. It is not caught from contact with toilet seats.
Any sore on or near the sex organs should be examined and tested by a physician immediately. If it is not syphilis, a great deal of needless worry will be avoided. If it is syphilis, treatment can be started at once with assurance of a prompt cure.
If undiscovered and untreated, syphilis may continue for many years before there is obvious harm to the body. Late syphilis may cause blindness or severe disease of the bones and joints, the skin, or the internal organs, since the unchecked spirochetes can invade every cell of the body. The forms of syphilis most often resulting in death are those that damage the nervous system and the heart.
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