At 9 months is syphilis curable? because I read the the tertiary stage can start at 1 year and that can’t be curable from what I read

Why didn’t I show symptoms during these pass 9 months?

 

 

Something doesn't compute. Please provide details of your syphilis test results. What kind of test was positive? Exactly when was it done, i.e. how long after the sexual exposure described in your previous thread? If it had a numerical component, can you provide that information? (For example, if an RPR or VDRL test was positive, it will have a "titer" value, such as 1:4, 1:16, etc.) Was a second, i.e. confirmatory test done? If so, what specific test? Is your doctor or clinic experienced in syphilis and did s/he confirm the diagnosis? If so, what stage of syphilis was diagnosed? And was any syphilis testing done in the 1-3 months after the exposure described? If so, exactly what test was done and what was the result?

Even if syphilis is confirmed, it is almost impossible you were infected during the sexual exposure described previously. Not only did you have a low risk exposure, but the treatments you received (ceftriaxone plus azithromycin) would have prevented syphilis or would have cured an incipient, i.e. incubating infection. Have you had sex since then? (Including sex with a spouse or regular partner?) If not, and if the diagnosis was confirmed by proper testing, it might be a distant past infection now coming to light. Or, perhaps most likely, you had a false positive test result.

I look forward to helping further with the additional information requested!

HHH, MD

So I cannot say anything more except that you definitely do not have syphilis now and have never had it in the past. You did not need the penicillin treatment, which should not have been given without a positive test (like FTA-ABS) to confirm the RPR result. But from here on out, no worries and all is well!