If not treated, these symptoms may disappear and then recur over the next two years. Syphilis can be cured with antibiotics. If untreated, a person may be infectious to sex partners for up to two years and some people develop conditions involving the brain, heart or spinal cord. This occurs in men and may produce discharge from the penis or burning when passing urine. It is an inflammation of the urethra which is not caused by gonorrhoea or chlamydia.
Antibiotic treatment cures the infection.
Although it does not cause symptoms in women, female partners of men with NSU may need to be examined if re-infection occurs. Male partners of men with NSU should also be examined. In women, this infection can cause an unpleasant discharge and irritation of the vagina. Antibiotics cure the infection. Men usually do not get symptoms but may need to be treated to prevent re-infection of their partners.