Assertion: syphilis | /r/CapableOf | affect eye
Facets:
value: unlike bejels
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: unlike yaws
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: At this stage syphilis can do the most damage to the body, affecting the brain and nervous system (neurosyphilis), blood vessels, heart, bones, and eye (ocular syphilis).
text: Syphilis can also affect the eye and can lead to permanent blindness.
text: By the third, or tertiary, stage the disease can cause widespread damage to the body, affecting the brain, nerves, bones, joints, eyes, and heart and other organs.
text: Unlike yaws and bejels, syphilis in its tertiary stage often affects the heart, eyes, and nervous system as well.
text: When it affects the eyes, it’s called ocular syphilis.