Treatment for syphilis — including eye syphilis — is with antibiotics. A person may need ongoing doses of penicillin for 10–14 days. In addition, options to help manage symptoms include: ...

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more ...

Ocular syphilis is a complication of the sexually transmitted disease that affects the eyes and vision. Doctor explains symptoms and treatment.

He urges eye doctors to have a “high index of suspicion” and rule out syphilis when patients show up with eye inflammation. Treatment may not undo any damage caused by the infection, the CDC ...

Tertiary syphilis could result in death. Without treatment, syphilis can spread to the brain and nervous system (neurosyphilis), the eye (ocular syphilis), or the ear (otosyphilis), according to ...

Treatment becomes more challenging as the infection becomes more advanced. Stages of Syphilis Syphilis has four different ...

A strange cluster of eye syphilis, or ocular syphilis, has popped up in Michigan. The cluster includes five women, who all got the disease from one male sex partner. Based on the rapid onset of ...

One woman’s eyesight was so blurry she feared she was going blind. Another reported double vision that lasted for weeks. Yet another complained of floaters. In all, five women who lived in ...

Without treatment, syphilis can spread to the brain and nervous system (neurosyphilis), the eye (ocular syphilis), or the ear (otosyphilis), according to the CDC. Advertisement.

As syphilis cases surge in the U.S., few people know the sexually transmitted disease can endanger vision, doctors say. One woman’s eyesight was so blurry she feared she was going blind. Another ...