It makes numeric sense that in the United States, Congenital Syphilis cases in newborns continue to increase. Congenital Syphilis is the transition of syphilis from mother to baby during pregnancy or at birth.
From about May 2024 to September 2026 expect to hear a lot more about sexually transmitted infections as well as new treatments.
2024 is a Dragon year. The Chinese Dragon is "highly sexual" and 2025 Universal 9 represents diseases that are hard to control. Quite possibly, in 2024, sexually transmitted infections will increase.
Given that penicillin was first introduced as a treatment for syphilis in 1943; hypothetically a new treatment might be available in 2024.
A CDC report showed that U.S. Syphilis cases rose 32% from 2020-2021. According to the CDC, people with the most infectious stages of syphilis are more likely to get HIV. Having a syphilis sore can make it easier for HIV to enter your body.
Syphilis cases continue to grow internationally.
The only way to completely avoid getting syphilis and other STIs is to not have vaginal, anal, or oral sex. That said if you are sexually active, use condoms and get tested for Syphilis!
Syphilis infection develops in stages (primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary). Each stage has different signs and symptoms. Read this information from CDC about signs and symptoms during each of the stages.
The "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male" was an infamous, unethical, and racist clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service and CDC to observe the natural results of untreated syphilis. The clinical study was conducted on 399 black men with syphilis, 201 who did not have the disease.
As of 2014, syphilis infections have continued to increase in the United States, and as of 2020, rates of syphilis have increased by more than threefold. As of 2018, there is no vaccine effective for the prevention of syphilis. Syphilis is an infection that is most often, spread through sexual contact. In 2018 it became apparent that the stats for newborn syphilis cases have shot up in the United States. Doubling since 2012!
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