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Herpes mistaken for Syphilis?


I got a sore on my mouth after making out with this girl about 1 1/2 - 2 years ago. I got two TINY bumps on my penis, I can't remember if they were there before I made out with her. I didn't have any of the second stage symptoms of syphilis.

To find out if you have syphilis the doctor must do a blood test. Syphilis is easily treated with penicillin. However, left untreated, syphilis is a deadly disease, and can kill a person years after infection. The first sign of syphilis is often a sore that doesn't hurt and that goes away even if you don't take any medicine. This sore is called a chancre. It usually appears on the penis, vagina, or rectum. Syphilis is most easily spread when someone has a chancre.

There is usually only one chancre, but sometimes there are more. The chancre is usually round. It often looks like several layers of skin are missing. Women who don't get treated for syphilis can give it to their unborn babies. Often these babies are born dead or have brain damage!



These are other signs of syphilis:
Losing patches of hair
Losing eyebrows
A rash on the body (anywhere on the body)
A rash on the bottom of the feet or the palms of the hands are another symptom of syphilis. You can not get syphilis by touching this rash, unless there are open sores.

Most men and women will go through a period of time when they don't have any signs of syphilis. They don't feel sick, BUT they still have syphilis. This can happen after the chancre has gone away, but before the rash appears. This can also happen after the rash goes away or their hair starts growing back.

Syphilis is curable and if you think it is syphilis, see your doctor, let him/her examine you and get tested and get treatment. It's curable.
However, herpes (cold sore & genital herpes, herpes zoster etc) aren't curable. They are treatable with antiviral medication to reduce the outbreaking of duration and frequency. Nobody can diagnose over the internet. Please see your doctor to make sure. He/she can examine you and diagnose your problem. Don't let it grow into worse. Good luck.
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The sores on your mouth were probably a coincidence because most people are exposed to herpes 1 when they are children and it comes out now and then. If the bumps on your penis were very, very small....probably nothing to worry about.

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