Syphilis

[Sarah]

The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectiousdisease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditarytransmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary,secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, andTertiary.Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or otherbeta-lactam antibiotics.

[Sarah]

A particularly nasty STD, that in later stages causes infertility, leads to your [pubes] falling out and eventually insanity and death. Friedrich God

[Sarah]

noun. a sexually transmitted disease that results in stinging warts, excessive stinging while urinating, and possibly bleeding from the pee hole...

noun. what i named my hamster in 6th grade

[Sarah]

an STD whose origin is traced back to the vaginal tract of llamas

[Sarah]

It killed Kenny! That bastard!

[Sarah]

The classiest of STDs. One is said to see a bow-tie on this STD when examined under a microscope.

[Donald Trump]

A chronic bacterial disease that is contracted chiefly by infection during sexual intercourse, but also congenitally by infection of a developing fetus.

[Tariq Zaki]

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum.

• Syphilis can occur in three stages of symptoms, separated by periods of apparent good health.
• It begins with a painless sore at the infection site and, in the second stage, causes a rash, fever, fatigue, headache, and loss of appetite.
• If untreated, the third stage of syphilis can damage the aorta, brain, spinal cord, and other organs.
• Doctors usually do two types of blood tests to confirm that a person has syphilis.
• Penicillin can eliminate the infection, but people can be reinfected.

(See also Overview of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.)

Most people with syphilis are men, often men who have sex with men, particularly those who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and men who live in cities. In 2000, the rate in the United States of reported primary and secondary syphilis cases was 5,979, the lowest since reporting began in 1941. However, the rate has increased

[Magaret]

a disease caught during sexual activity with an infected person. Syphilis spreads slowly from the sex organs to all parts of the body and often results in death if not treated.