Venereal Diseases Flashcards
Hutchinson’s teeth (Notched upper incisors)
Rhagades (Fissures or cracks at edge of mouth)
Saddle nose deformity
Sabre Blade Tibia
Interstitial keratitis- Visual changes
Deafness
Congenital Syphilis
Hard singluar painless nodure (Chancre) on perineum
Primary Stage of Acquired Syphilis
Maculopapular rash and condylomata lata (Flat warts on vulva)
Secondary Stage of Acquired Syphilis
May or may not have symptoms of Primary or Secondary Syphilis
Latent Stage of Acquired Syphilis
Tabes dorsalis, Aortic aneurysm, Gummas inclusion body in CNS
Tertiary Stage of Acquired Syphilis
Organism associated with Acquired Syphilis
Treponema Pallidum
Pupillary reaction associated with Syphilis that causes the pupil not to react to light but constricts on accomodation
Argyll Roberston Pupil
Pupillary reaction associated with Syphilis that causes tonic pupil DILATION (Mydriasis)
-Due to CNIII Edinger Westphal nucleus
Adie’s Pupil
Tonic pupil CONSTRICTION due to injury to sympathetic cervical ganglion, associated with Acquired Syphilis
Miosis
Soft painful, caused by Haemopilus ducreyi
Chancroid
Similar to Trichimonas, except Bacterial
Gardnerella Vaginalis
Gram (-) Diplococcus, Burning urination, (Yellow/Green) Pus in urine, may produce arthritis. MC DJD in knee. Coffee bean shaped organism in microscopy
Ghonorrhea
Chlamydia is the organism that produces rectal strictures. Diagnose with the frei test
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Purulent vaginal discharge
Green frothy, fish, foul.
Protozoan, not easily killed
Trichimonas
