Pure Health Tips 6

With today's health conditions, you never know if you have a disease or not. Therefore, it is very important to understand STDs and their manifestations before it is too late. Syphilis, or more commonly known as bad blood, syphilis, pox, and syphilis, is a systemic, highly contagious STD. It became less common after penicillin, but the disease has been on the rise since about 1960 and is one of the most commonly reported infectious diseases in the United States. It is caused by sensitive active Treponema pallidum.  Although it cannot survive long outside the body, syphilis is highly contagious. Sexual transmission occurs only when primary and secondary syphilis are present. Adolescents, young adults, African American men, and homosexuals are most at risk. Treponema pallidum enters the body through broken mucous membranes or broken skin, almost always through direct sexual contact. Once internalized, the organism reproduces locally and spreads systemically through the blood and lymp