are gonorrhea and syphilis the same?
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Gonorrhea and chlamydia are treated with antibiotics. What causes syphilis? Syphilis also is caused by bacteria. It differs from gonorrhea and chlamydia because it occurs in stages.
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A gonorrhea test is used to find out whether you have a gonorrhea infection. It's sometimes done along with a test for chlamydia, another type of sexually transmitted disease (STD). Gonorrhea and chlamydia have similar symptoms, and the two STDs often occur together.
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) If urethritis is caused by gonorrhoea, it is known as gonococcal urethritis. NGU can also be caused by other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia. Chlamydia is spread during unprotected sex (sex without a condom), including anal and oral sex.
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STDs are infections that spread from person to person through sexual activity, including anal, vaginal, or oral sex. STDs are caused by bacteria, parasites, and viruses. HIV is an STD. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and syphilis are examples of other STDs.
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Typically, the first visible sign of syphilis is a small, painless sore (doctors call it a “chancre”) on the skin (you may develop several sores). It normally appears at the spot where the bacteria entered your body. The sore won't hurt, and it may be hidden inside your rectum or vagina.
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STDs are sometimes called sexually transmitted infections (STIs). STDs are infections that spread from person to person through sexual activity, including anal, vaginal, or oral sex. STDs are caused by bacteria, parasites, and viruses. HIV is an STD.
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Syphilis and Lyme Disease -- which together have two of my very favorite Latin names -- Treponema pallidum and Borrelia burgdorferi -- belong to a group of bacteria called spirochetes that look like squiggles and move like corkscrews.
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Syphilis can invade the nervous system at any stage of infection, and causes a wide range of symptoms, including headache, altered behavior, difficulty coordinating muscle movements, paralysis, sensory deficits, and dementia. This invasion of the nervous system is called “neurosyphilis.
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Both conditions are caused by an overgrowth of bacteria. Chlamydia is caused by an overgrowth of the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Gonorrhea is caused by an overgrowth of bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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During the first stage of infection, syphilis may appear as sores, known as chancres, on your lips, the tip of your tongue, your gums or at the back of your mouth near your tonsils.
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Gonorrhea affects the throat, genitals, urinary tract, and rectum. Like chlamydia, gonorrhea of the throat often doesn't show any symptoms. When symptoms do show, it's usually a week after exposure and can include a sore throat. Gonorrhea can be cured with the right antibiotics.
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Syphilis is transmitted from person to person by direct contact with a syphilitic sore, known as a chancre. Chancres can occur on or around the external genitals, in the vagina, around the anus , or in the rectum, or in or around the mouth. Transmission of syphilis can occur during vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
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Complications of syphilis infection can involve virtually all ocular structures. Regarding the ocular surface, syphilis can cause conjunctivitis,6 episcleritis or scleritis.
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Syphilis is a curable, bacterial infection, caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. The bacteria enter the body through mucous membranes or abraded (torn or cut) skin. Once inside the body, syphilis enters the blood stream and attaches to cells, damaging organs over time.
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Although certain autoimmune diseases may have a microbial etiology, syphilis is unquestionably an infectious disease. It is not, nor does it represent, an autoimmune state. The varied autoimmune antibody responses associated with or accompanying infection do, however, appear to be triggered as secondary reactions.
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Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are notifiable sexually transmitted infections in Canada. The rates of these three infections have been rising since the late 1990s and continue to be a significant public health concern in Canada.
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Syphilis spreads from person to person via skin or mucous membrane contact with these sores. After the initial infection, the syphilis bacteria can remain inactive (dormant) in your body for decades before becoming active again. Early syphilis can be cured, sometimes with a single shot (injection) of penicillin.