Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO There are many reasons you can develop bumps on your tongue. Often, these growths ...

Syphilis is on the rise in San Luis Obispo ... lips or inside of the mouth. Sores typically last three to six weeks, and appear firm, round and painless, according to the CDC.

It cannot be emphasized strongly enough that the most frequent unilateral persisting intraoral lesion is cancer ... often due to suspicion of syphilis involving the tongue (only 9 patients ...

The most infamous symptom is the appearance of a sore or sores where the body came into contact with syphilis. Typical areas include the penis, vagina, anus, lips and mouth. In its second phase ...

Pregnancy itself does not seem to alter the clinical progression of syphilis in the female: As in the nonpregnant woman, the primary lesion (Fig. 2) can appear 10 to 90 days after the causative ...

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

In the case presented T. pallidum was identified as the unexpected cause of a vertebral osteitis. Clinically significant osteitis and osteomyelitis are rare complications of secondary syphilis ...

The burden of syphilis impacts less people than chlamydia and gonorrhea,” Burmester said. “That being said, due to the severity of disease that syphilis causes, it’s ...