feb 27, 1530 - Treponema pallidum
(syphilis)
Description:
Syphilis was named after a shepherd in a poem in 1530 describing a man with the disease. The poem was called Syphilis Sive Morbus Gallicus, by Girolamo Fracastoro
Symptoms:
Primary Syphilis
-9 to 90 days after exposure
-lesion in spot of infection
-Highly infectious
Secondary Syphilis
-4 to 8 weeks after primary
-lesions spread evenly with collections in feet and hands.
-Malaise, fever, hair loss, headache
Tertiary Syphilis
-2-40 years after initial infection
-chronic inflammation
-Gumma, Neurological, and cardiovascular syphilis
Treatment:
-Treated with penicillin
-can be avoided with proper protection
History:
-Columbus and his men contracted it in 1493 and spread it to the Americas.
-1926 The Tuskegee Study
-1946 Guatemalan Syphilis Study
Added to timeline:
Timeline Project B HLTH 224
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