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HERPES GENITALIS
& SYPHILIS
Mia Smoljan
Mentor: A. Žmegač Horvat
Herpes genitalis
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STD caused by HSV
Remissions and relapses
Symptoms:
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Diagnosis:
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reddening of the skin with small, fluid-filled blisters
and ulcers
initial episodes may be more severe – inguinal
lymphadenopathy, fever, malaise, headache
PCR
Tzank test
Treatment: Acyclovir
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Herpes neonatalis
Dangerous complication that affects babies
born while mother has an active infection
during parturition
Symptoms appear between 1st and 2nd
week of life
Can affect:
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skin
CNS
eye
mouth
liver
lungs
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Prevention: Cesarean section
Treatment: Acyclovir
Syphilis
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Chronic STI caused by Treponema pallidum
Acquired via direct sexual contact with the
infectious lesions of a person with syphilis
PRIMARY SYPHILIS: a few weeks after
infection
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chancre/hard ulcer
after 4 to 6 weeks heals spontaneously
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SECONDARY SYPHILIS:
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1–6 months (commonly 6 to 8 weeks) after the
primary infection
symmetrical reddish-pink non-itchy rash on the
trunk and extremities
condylomata lata (rash becomes flat, broad,
whitish lesions)
most contagious stage!!
meningismus, enlarged lymph nodes, fever....
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TERTIARY SYPHILIS:
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1–10 years after the initial infection
formation of gummas =
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soft, tumor-like balls of inflammation – granulomas
neuropathic joint disease
neurosyphilis
tabes dorsalis
cardiovascular syphilis – ascending aorta!!
cor bovinum
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Diagnosis: serology (VDRL antibody test, TPHA)
Treatment:
 penicillin