Sometimes people lose some of their hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Later, people who don't get cured get syphilis in the brain, heart, or other parts of their body. A female who is pregnant can give syphilis to her baby before it is born, or during birth. A sore that usually does not hurt on the penis, scrotum, lip, rectum, nipple, outside the female's vagina, or inside the vagina. Males usually see the sore, females usually don't.
Some people have swollen glands near the sore.
WHAT TO DO 1. Get all of your penicillin shots or take all of your pills. Use latex condoms every time you have sex. Condoms can help protect you from getting sexually transmitted diseases. Birth control pills may not work as well when you take an antibiotic.