Syphilis, The Greatest Imitator

Morgellons Discussion

"The father said that he shared the grandfather's manual razor 2 months ago for 2 weeks and occasionally cut his jaw and then two ulcers appeared." Long FQ, Zhao LS, Chen J. Acquired Syphilis in a Chinese Family among Three Generations. Chin Med J (Engl). 2018;131(14):1761-1762. doi:10.4103/0366-6999.235888

In 2018 there were a combined 33,666 cases of probable and confirmed Lyme disease: https://cdc.gov/lyme/datasurveillance/tables-recent.html…

In 2018 there were 115,000 cases of syphilis: https://cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2019/2018-STD-surveillance-report-press-release.html

"An 80-year-old man, with no known medical history or previous medication, presented with a 3-month history of asymptomatic erythematous scaly plaques over his arms, abdomen and legs." Mansouri S, Mai S, Senouci K, Hassam B. Secondary syphilis resembling erythema annulare centrifugum. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 29;12(5):e230301. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230301. PMID: 31147414; PMCID: PMC6557327.

"Unlike #syphilis, however, Lyme disease is rarely fatal and rarely causes parenchymal central nervous system (CNS) damage." Halperin JJ. Neuroborreliosis and Neurosyphilis. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2018 Oct;24(5, Neuroinfectious Disease):1439-1458. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000645. PMID: 30273247.

Does Mouthwash Reduce Risk of Oral STDs? Although many people aren't aware of the risk, a number of STDs can be spread through oral sex. #Gonorrhea, #chlamydia, #syphilis, #HPV, and #herpes can all be spread through #fellatio and #cunnilingus. https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-mouthwash-reduce-risk-of-oral-stds-4124069

"...reports have shown decreased sensitivity of the RPR and VDRL at detecting cases of primary and possibly latent syphilis, although many studies fail to differentiate latent from past treated syphilis based on treponemal confirmatory testing..." Ortiz DA, Shukla MR, Loeffelholz MJ. The Traditional or Reverse Algorithm for Diagnosis of Syphilis: Pros and Cons. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 24;71(Supplement_1):S43-S51. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa307. PMID: 32578864; PMCID: PMC7312234.

Positive Lyme Test Could Mean Syphilis: https://www.morgellonssurvey.org/positive-lyme-test-could-mean-syphilis/

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