La sífilis en mujeres embarazadas

Syphilis is an infectious chronic disease, the infection of which, mainly, occurs sexually due to infection with pale treponema.Syphilis is a very serious disease that causes many organs and tissues to be afflicted, as well as transmitted from the sick mother to the child in utero, so syphilis in pregnant women is a serious threat to the child.

Syphilis flows undulating, there are relapses and remission of the disease.

Stages of the disease:

- Incubation period( there are no clinical manifestations of the disease yet);

- Primary syphilis( there is syphilitic rash or hard chancre);

- Secondary syphilis( the disease is manifested by rashes on the genitals and skin, loss of hair, damage to all organs and tissues, nervous system);

- Hidden syphilis( there is further damage to the internal organs, but there are no external manifestations of the disease);

- Tertiary or late syphilis( neglected disease, all organs, tissues, nervous system are affected, death is possible).

Syphilis in pregnant women can lead to late miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, the birth of children with early syphilis or children without external syphilis symptoms, but with positive reactions to laboratory tests, that is, signs of late syphilis.

Children with congenital early syphilis - the disease manifests itself immediately.More often the baby is premature, there is a lesion of the skin, bones, nervous system, lungs, liver;The child suffers from rhinitis, improves weight, slow, at the same time anxious, restless, capricious.Lethal outcome is due to pneumonia.

Children with congenital late syphilis - symptoms begin to appear between the seventh and the 14th years of life, through damage to the teeth, eyes and deafness, most likely all organs are already affected.

All pregnant women should take an analysis for syphilis three times during pregnancy: when they register, in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters.If syphilis is detected, then 2 courses of treatment are performed, the first - immediately after the detection of the disease and the second preventive, the treatment is carried out with antibiotics and concomitant medications.