What Is Syphilis?
10. Treatment
Although syphilis can be very serious, it can still be easy to cure if it is caught early on. Even penicillin is often enough to cure the disease, but curing the disease will become harder the longer the disease goes untreated. A single injection is often all that’s needed, but more injections are needed if the patient has had syphilis for more than a year.
While penicillin can help to stop further damage, it cannot repair damage that has already been done. Some people will need to be treated for complications that have been caused by the disease. It is also important that the patient contacts sexual partners that may have been exposed to the disease so they can be treated also.
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