Usually, syphilis sore or chancre appears as a hard and round shape bump that is painless. Sometimes it is open and moisty or wet. Frequently, an individual with syphilis infection can get one sore or more. The sore or chancre can appear in the external reproductive areas of both men and women. It may also exist under the foreskin and other places that are hard to notice.
Sometimes a syphilis sore gets mistaken as a harmless bump or pimple, and because most often, it is not painful and can thrive in concealed areas of the body, people who have it may not notice, which may lead to prolonged agony and other complications.