Syphilis isn’t just one disease, it has stages. And secondary syphilis is the one that gets missed most often. 🩺 Secondary syphilis: what to know • Appears weeks to months after the initial infection • Often shows up as a rash, not pain 🚩 Classic rash features • Non-itchy • Red/brown spots or patches • Involves the palms of the hands and soles of the feet (big red flag) • Can be widespread or subtle • May come and go 🧠 Other clues • Fever • Fatigue • Swollen lymph nodes • Sore throat • Muscle

Why are #syphilis cases rising? Who is at risk and how does it spread? Learn about prevention of syphilis from Dr Teodora Elvira Wi in Science in 5. | World Health Organization (WHO)

How many doses of benzathine penicillin G are needed to treat patients with early syphilis? A new video in our partnership with Dr. Glaucomflecken summarizes a recent trial investigating whether a single dose or multiple doses of benzathine penicillin G is needed for early syphilis. Get free access to the article: https://nej.md/DrG28 | The New England Journal of Medicine

From 1932 to 1972, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment let hundreds of African American men suffer without treatment—just so doctors could “study” the disease. Even after a cure was found, they were denied it. Families destroyed, lives lost, and trust shattered forever. #DarkHistory #Tuskegee #AmericanHistory #HistoryUncovered #DisturbingFacts #HiddenHistory #DidYouKnow #ViralHistory #ConspiracyOrTruth #StayCurious | Stories with Colleen