Less than a decade ago, the United States had hopes of eliminating the disease.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is raising the alarm about the high rate of a treatable sexually transmitted infection among pregnant women and women of childbearing age.
“It’s really hard to think about going to a doctor and getting treated if you don’t even know there’s anything going on,” says Dr. Sarah Horvath, an OB-GYN at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.And infected women who become pregnant can pass syphilis to their unborn child, causing problems ranging from miscarriage to premature birth to permanent ailments including blindness and deafness.
In general, people who lack easy access to affordable health care are most vulnerable to syphilis, according to Casi Scully, a nurse practitioner and the associate medical director for Planned Parenthood Keystone. The sheer rise in cases means the chance of getting syphilis have increased, she noted.
“So as you can imagine, it’s quite easy to get through the primary stage of syphilis and never even notice that you were infected,” Horvath says. A portion of people with untreated syphilis develop severe problems which can involve the blood vessels, the heart and the brain. These might not arise for decades.
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