Hanoi youth were shocked when the test showed 2 lines of syphilis, the culprit from a sexual habit

Young people suffer from social diseases because they are subjective when sex

Dermatologists, belonging to a private hospital in Hanoi, have just received a 22-year-old man from Hanoi who came to visit because of a rash all over his body. After examining and testing, the doctor concluded that the young man had a social disease that made the patient extremely shocked.

The guy named QH, initially saw a red rash on his torso, then he researched and bought himself a syphilis rapid test kit to perform the test at home. Receiving a positive result, the young man immediately went to the hospital for a re-test and the results confirmed that he had syphilis.

Sharing with the doctor, the young man said that he had previously had unprotected sex many times with strange women, the most recent about 2-3 months ago. More than a month before the time of going to the hospital, the patient noticed a red rash on the flanks on both sides, the scrotum and hair loss.

After many times of unsafe sex, the young man was infected with a social disease. (Illustration)

However, the patient subjectively did not go to the doctor because there was no itching, no burning pain and no signs of fatigue and fever. The erythema then fades away, leaving patchy patches on the skin. Because of the strange symptoms, the patient went online to read and learn about the rash, decided to test quickly for syphilis and got a positive result.

For timely treatment and prevention of complications, patients are prescribed a treatment regimen, nutritional advice to improve health status and a scientific lifestyle.

There are many routes of infection

Dermatologist Le Thi Lan Anh said that syphilis is an infectious disease mainly transmitted through sexual activity. The disease is caused by the twisting of Treponema pallidum. Syphilis bacteria enter the body directly through many ways such as unprotected sex or through scratches on the skin and mucous membranes when in contact with secretions from syphilis lesions.

People are at high risk of contracting it when they have unprotected sex, have many sex partners, have sex with men, etc. In addition, syphilis is also transmitted from mother to child, through blood, skin contact, ie when skin lesions in contact with mucus, blood … carrying spirochetes of syphilis are at very high risk of infection.

According to Dr. Lan Anh, the disease is divided into 3 stages and sometimes there are no obvious symptoms. In stage 1, symptoms of syphilis usually appear 10 days to 3 months after the patient is exposed to the bacteria that cause syphilis with visible signs of one or more syphilis chancres appearing on the glans, penis. body, scrotum in males or the edge of the vulva, labia majora, labia minora in females.

In stage 2, the patient develops a skin rash that causes small, red-brown sores, sores in the mouth, vagina or anus, fever, headache, hair loss, muscle pain.

Syphilis is divided into 3 stages and is not easy to detect. Illustration.

“The case of this male patient has a patchy red rash on his body, accompanied by hair loss, which means he has had one of the typical signs of syphilis, plus a positive test result should confirm the diagnosis of syphilis. Phase 2 tomorrow”, shared Dr. Lan Anh.

Doctor Lan Anh said that if the disease is not examined and treated in time, it will turn to the latent stage, at this time the patient will have no signs, but the virus still exists in the body and can progress. develop to a late stage. At that time, the consequences will be incalculable to health such as affecting the ability to have children, quality of life and problems with the brain, nervous system, stroke…

Prevention is easy but difficult

Syphilis is a common social disease, considered the second most dangerous disease after HIV-AIDS, so to prevent the disease, you should do the following:

– Building a healthy sex life, faithful monogamy.

– Safe sex: Use condoms when having sex, use correctly and regularly, use 100% condoms when having sex with high-risk subjects.

– Cleaning the intimate area clean, especially before and after sex will help you prevent syphilis and other inflammatory diseases.

Periodic health check-up is the earliest way to prevent and detect syphilis.

Syphilis can be passed from mother to fetus in the womb through the placenta or vagina. Therefore, before becoming pregnant, women should have regular check-ups at hospitals to know if they have syphilis or other infectious diseases.

– Practice safe and healthy activities: Exercise regularly, eat a balanced diet, and rest properly.

– In addition, to avoid syphilis infection should limit direct contact with blood, or personal belongings of the sick person.

Syphilis in men is difficult to diagnose and easy to ignore. Therefore, when a patient suspects that he or she has symptoms of syphilis, he should immediately visit a medical facility for a timely diagnosis and treatment. If possible, you should go for regular health check-ups every 6 months or 1 year.

In case the patient is in the treatment phase, it is recommended to avoid sex or use a safe method when having sex; increase nutrition, green vegetables, fruits rich in vitamin C, drink a lot of water, especially orange juice, lemon juice… In addition, it is necessary to rest, limit stress and insomnia; Daily exercise improves resistance.