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Syphilis
Alternate Names : Lues
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Syphilis Prognosis (Expectations)
Prompt treatment and monitoring for response to treatment for syphilis can cure the disease. Once late complications develop (tertiary syphilis), long-term health problems are likely despite therapy.
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• Definition
• Syphilis Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Syphilis Symptoms & Signs
• Syphilis Prevention
• Syphilis Diagnosis & Tests
• Syphilis Treatment
• Syphilis Prognosis
• Syphilis Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Aneurysm
• Neurosyphilis
• Syphilis - Primary
• Syphilis - Secondary
• Syphilis - Tertiary
Tests & Exams
• FTA-ABS
• RPR
• VDRL
Other Topics
• Cardiovascular
• Central Nervous System
• Patches
• Rashes
• Swollen Glands
Review Date : 8/15/2003
Reviewed By : Daniel Levy, M.D., Ph.D., Infectious Diseases, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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