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SYPHILIS IS A BACTERIAL DISEASE.

FACTS

• Common in Ethiopia and most 3rd world countries.
• Most common in ages 15-25.
• 12 million known cases worldwide.
• 28,998 known cases in Minnesota.
• Most common in men who have sex with other men.

Contracted by anal, oral, vaginal sex and also Pregnancy, labor, and breastfeeding

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Sores on genitals
• Wet ulcers
• Rash on body
• Can last 2-6 weeks.

Affects
Paralysis, blindness, insanity, aneurysm, tumors, and eventually death if left untreated.

HOW IT AFFECTS PREGNANCY

• Still birth
• Death soon after birth
• Physical deformities
• Neurological complications
• Sterility

CURE

PREVENTION

• Condom
• Abstinence
• Get tested

SOURCES

• Lindsay chapman
• Cdc
• Mayo clinic