Syphilis Flashcards
1
Q
syphilis
A
STI
2
Q
organism that causes it
A
treponema pallidum
spirochete
3
Q
how can the infection symptoms be characterised
A
primary
secondary
tertiary
4
Q
primary stage
A
painless ulcer at site of infection
(genital most common)
local lymphadenopathy
5
Q
secondary stage
A
systemic symptoms
buccal snail track ulcers
wart like lesions
6
Q
tertiary stage
A
gummatous lesions
ascending aortic aneurysms
neurosyphilis
7
Q
what is seen in neurosyphilis
A
Argyll-Robertson pupil
headache
tabes dorsalis
8
Q
investigations
A
rapid plasma reagin
T. pallidum enzyme immunoassay
9
Q
management
A
IM benzathine penicillin
10
Q
what will be seen in the argyll-robertson pupil
A
won’t react to light but will accommodate
11
Q
tabes dorsalis
A
weakness
shooting pains
