Pox
Of dose. May also be referred to as lues, lues venerea, syph and syphilis.
A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
This concept's ID is @1~71190
Contains
- neurosyphilis
Syphilis of the central nervous system.
- chancre
A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
- primary syphilis
The first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection.
- tertiary syphilis
The third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the...
- secondary syphilis
The second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.