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

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  • neurosyphilis 1 facts

    Syphilis of the central nervous system.

  • chancre 0 facts

    A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).

  • primary syphilis 0 facts

    The first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection.

  • tertiary syphilis 0 facts

    The third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the...

  • secondary syphilis 0 facts

    The second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.