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With overall syphilis rates on the rise, serologic testing for syphilis in patients with uveitis can help prevent permanent vision damage.

TOPLINE: Oral doxycycline (200 mg twice daily for 28 days) appears to be as effective as intravenous (IV) penicillin for the treatment of ocular syphilis for some patients with the condition.

After latent syphilis, up to 30% to 40% of those who don’t get treatment will progress to the tertiary stage. It usually appears about 10 to 30 years after the original untreated primary infection.

In 2022 syphilis appeared in 280 out of every 100,000 people who gave birth and 3,700 babies were born with the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the C.D.C., nine of 10 congenital syphilis cases in 2022 were preventable; lack of prenatal testing and timely treatment were the most common culprits, intersecting with social ills ...

Eye syphilis “was a rare event before, and there seems to be a resurgence.” ... education, and treatment—might not benefit from that knowledge.

Without treatment, syphilis can exist in the body for decades. If left untreated, it can spread to the brain and nervous system, the most serious forms of the infection.

Treatment for ocular syphilis should be managed alongside an ophthalmologist. If a client diagnosed with syphilis has any new issues with their eyes, they should be screened for ocular syphilis.

The CDC warns that without treatment, syphilis can spread to the brain and nervous system (neurosyphilis), the eye (ocular syphilis), or the ear (otosyphilis). (Photo: Freepik) According to news ...

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 ...