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im alexis, 22 (M) around 5.8" and weigh 54 kgs...im afraid ive had syphilis from birth...i can feel myself slipping into dementia...i was a biology student at college once and could relate to most of the symptoms that i read about...am really scared and dont know what to do...please..somebody help me!! i need to know what the tests for my stage are etc..
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and anxiety. I would like to reassure you that you have very little chance of having syphilis.
The only way you can get syphilis from birth is if your mother had syphilis, a condition called as congenital syphilis.
In adulthood, one can get syphilis after having sexual intercourse with a patient with syphilis.
However, to allay your fear, you can get VDRL test done to exclude syphilis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and anxiety. I would like to reassure you that you have very little chance of having syphilis.
The only way you can get syphilis from birth is if your mother had syphilis, a condition called as congenital syphilis.
In adulthood, one can get syphilis after having sexual intercourse with a patient with syphilis.
However, to allay your fear, you can get VDRL test done to exclude syphilis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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