One of the Most Dangerous STDs. It's Transmitted Almost Always By Sexual Contact. But the organisms can also spread by contact with broken or cut skin.
Symptoms eventually disappear, but the disease progresses if untreated.
Heart Damage and damage to major blood vessels, resulting in heart failure and usually death. Brain and spinal cord damage causing paralysis, insanity and eventually death. Birth Defects and NewBorn Death if the mother has untreated syphilis. Diagnosis and Treatment Diagnosis requires laboratory examination of blood samples or discharge from sores. Treatment with antibiotics cures syphilis.