Congenital syphilis

Introduction: Congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis: Syphilis inherited from mother during pregnancy. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Congenital syphilis is available below.

Symptoms of Congenital syphilis

• Skin sores
• Rashes
• Fever
• Weakened crying
• Hoarse crying

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Medical Textbooks Online about Congenital syphilis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Congenital syphilis?

• Misdiagnosis of Congenital syphilis
• Underlying causes of Congenital syphilis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Congenital syphilis

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Causes of Congenital syphilis

• Treponema pallidum

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More information about causes of Congenital syphilis:

• Congenital syphilis as a complication caused by other conditions

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Prevention of Congenital syphilis

Prevention information for Congenital syphilis has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Congenital syphilis.

• Maternal syphilus screening - see tests for syphilis

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Statistics for Congenital syphilis

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Definitions of Congenital syphilis:

Syphilis acquired in utero and manifested by any of several characteristic tooth (Hutchinson's teeth) or bone malformations and by active mucocutaneous syphilis at birth or shortly thereafter. Ocular and neurologic changes may also occur. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Congenital syphilis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Congenital syphilis, or a subtype of Congenital syphilis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)