The main signs of syphilis in women
At the initial stages, syphilis manifests itself as small sores that form on the mucous membrane of the vagina and the cervix of the uterus. Initially, they are small in size pink-colored ulcers, but they grow every day, gaining an increasingly saturated dark red color with a dense base and even margins. In medicine, this densified base is called chancre, and its main feature is that it can disappear even if treatment has not been performed. That is why it is sometimes very difficult to diagnose a disease.
Nevertheless, the disease continues to develop, affecting the blood and lymphatic system. To identify the disease at this stage, for obvious reasons, can only a gynecologist, so in most cases, treatment begins with a delay, when there are already external signs of syphilis. External signs of syphilis in women include rashes in the genital area and just on the skin. There are also noticeable changes in the voice, loss of eyebrows and eyelashes.
At the same time, in some cases, syphilis may not manifest itself for a sufficiently long time, that is, it is asymptomatic. But if you have even the slightest suspicion of the presence of the disease, you should immediately go to the doctor, since this process itself depends on outpatient treatment: the earlier the disease is diagnosed, the easier and faster it can be cured.
Dangers of syphilis
The consequences of syphilis in women can be very deplorable. Even complete recovery does not guarantee that during the pregnancy the future child will not be infected. Especially high risk exists when untimely initiation of treatment or when syphilis occurs in severe form. Therefore, if the first symptoms of syphilis were ignored by a woman before or during pregnancy, then she would hardly be able to reproduce a healthy offspring to the world: the child either will be born dead, or the delivery will be premature, which will entail complications for the baby and the mother. In addition, congenital syphilis hinders the correct development of the child, so even if he survives the birth, no one can guarantee that he will live more than a year.
Treatment of syphilis in women should be carried out both before and during and after pregnancy. Only in this case it is possible to reproduce completely healthy offspring. In the absence of proper treatment, for 3-4 years, syphilis passes to the third stage, when the slow destruction of all organs and the formation of tubercle wounds on the skin, which form scars after healing, begins.
Treatment of syphilis in women
Treatment of any stage of syphilis is based on the use of penicillin. Therefore, even with the appearance of the first signs of illness, a woman should without a trace of embarrassment and necessarily become registered in the dispensary, where after a complete examination and accurate diagnosis with an identified stage of syphilis, she will be given appropriate treatment. In addition, persons who have unprotected sexual contact with the patient also need a full examination with further treatment.
And it is important to understand that it is necessary to treat syphilis exclusively under the supervision of a doctor. Self-medication is fraught with serious consequences, including a possible fatal outcome.