Know a lot more about one of the most common STDs worldwide.
Syphilis is the third most common sexually transmitted
disease (STD), caused by treponema pallidum. It is known to be a multi-organ
system disease. Its other names are "pox", "lues", or
"bad blood disease". Its incubation period is usually10-70 days with
an average of 21 days; of course this is after contact. Disease transmission is
acquired through having sexual contact, and/or through blood transmission. It
could also be congenital in such cases of placental transmission which happens
after 5 months of gestation. But in reported cases, sexual transmission is
still rather rampant.
