If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...

Primary syphilis is marked by a painless skin ulcer called a chancre. Secondary syphilis can cause a rash on palms and soles and other symptoms like hair loss. Latent syphilis is the hidden stage with ...

The earliest symptom of the infection is a small, hard, painless sore known as a chancre, which forms where the bacteria has entered the body. Because it is spread sexually, this can be on the ...

Syphilis can be a tricky disease to diagnose—especially when a patient may not be sharing the whole story. Doctors in Belgium met with a real head-scratcher when an 83-year-old married man came in ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you gathered 100 Mississippians in a room, statistically, at least 1 of them has an STD. The STD rate, depending on your source, is around 1,200 per 100,000 Mississippian, ...

Approximately 70% of the genital ulcers attended in specialized clinics are due to sexually transmitted infections, particularly in adolescents and young adults. Donovanosis is caused by Klebsiella ...

What is African sleeping sickness? African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) is a disease caused by a parasite. It is passed on by the bite of the infected tsetse fly. There are 2 types of ...

Cold sores are small, painful blisters located around the mouth and caused by a virus. Canker sores are round, white, and yellow painful ulcers inside the mouth that have many causes, including stress ...

There are a lot of diseases in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. You’ll pick up diseases from things like enemy attacks or even just fighting certain enemies. Each disease affects your ...

Have you ever noticed something unusual down there and instantly panicked, but felt too awkward to talk about it? When it comes to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), we often avoid the topic, ...

The psychosocial impact of STIs is often overlooked. The affected persons almost always experience embarrassment and varying degrees of self-depreciation, depression, and anxiety. For this reason, the ...

Syphilis is on the rise in the Sault and Algoma District. A presentation delivered to Algoma Public Health’s board at its monthly meeting held Wednesday showed testing for syphilis has gradually ...