[Question #6281] syphilis question
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
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Welcome to our Forum. I'll be glad to comment and thank you for you confidence in our Forum. As I read your questions I find myself wondering why you are now worried bout the possibility of syphilis? Is something going on that worries you?
By way of background, syphilis is a relatively rare disease here in the United States and the likelihood of a heterosexual American acquiring the infection is generically quite low. Syphilis is also rather easily cured. No one knows precisely what the minimal effective dose of antibiotics is to cure syphilis. The bacteria which causes syphilis is exquisitely sensitive to penicillin and related drugs, even in low doses, as long as the medicine is given long enough (somewhere in the neighborhood of 7-10 days) syphilis will be readily cured.
Regarding your question- could you have had syphilis in the past?, the answer is that it is unlikely but the best answer depends on what sort of test you had. Some tests are more likely to provide evidence of past syphilis than others.
Hope these comments are helpful. In general, the likelihood that you acquired syphilis years ag o is quite unlikely. If you did, the likelihood that you were inadvertently successfully treated with amoxicillin given for other reasons is unlikely and is probably not something worth worrying about if your syphilis blood tests are currently negative. EWH
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
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