Syphilis is an infection that is usually acquired through sexual contact with another infected person. Syphilis can be frightening because if it goes untreated, it can lead to serious health problems.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium. Treponema pallidum is the bacterium that causes syphilis. Syphilis is pread by sexual contact. The bacterium is found in scores that can occur anywhere on the skin or inside the mouth or genitals of infected persons. It passed to the next person when two people have sex.
A syphilis infection can be treated at the early stages with antibiotics, and it can be prevented by avoiding any sexual contact with an infected person or a person with an unknown health history.