GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -About 15% to 30% of people infected with syphilis who don’t get treatment will develop complications known as tertiary syphilis. In the late stage, the disease may damage the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones and joints. These problems may occur many years after the original, untreated infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most people with untreated syphilis do not develop tertiary syphilis. However, when it does happen, it can affect many different organ systems. These include the heart and blood vessels, and the brain and nervous system. Tertiary syphilis is very serious and would occur 10–30 years after your infection began.

Detailed explanation-3: -Syphilis is a bacterial infection that is spread sexually. When syphilis is untreated, the bacteria may damage the spinal cord and peripheral nervous tissue. This leads to the symptoms of tabes dorsalis. Tabes dorsalis is now very rare because syphilis is usually treated early in the disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -Syphilitic arthritis presents as marked swelling, tenderness, and restricted range of motion in the affected joints. Polyarthritis with synovitis is associated with tertiary syphilis. Synovitis is the primary reason for rheumatic features in syphilis and usually presents as migratory polyarthralgia.