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[Homicidalheathen]

Ew! I just found out the reason for the old time powdered wigs, and faces.

To hide oozing syphilis sores and loss of hair from such.

Ew!

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Syphilis Symptoms

How do I know if I have it? You may have syphilis and not know it. Sores are usually painless and may be inside the body. But, you can still get very sick from syphilis and give syphilis to others.

Some possible early symptoms may occur about three weeks after you have sex with someone who has syphilis. You may notice a painless sore or sores called a chancre (pronounced 'shank-er') on your penis, scrotum, mouth, near your anus or in your throat. Chancres may occur inside the body so they may go unnoticed. Chancres are usually painless and typically the size of a button. Even without treatment these sores go away after several weeks. Even without the sores, you are still infected. It’s very easy to pass on syphilis to someone at this stage of infection.

4 to 10 weeks after becoming infected, you may notice possible later symptoms including: you may notice could include a red rash (which is not itchy). The rash may appear anywhere on your body but often shows up on your face, chest, back, the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. You might also have patchy hair loss.

During the next stage, you may experience warty-like growths may appear in the mouth, on the genitals or around the anus. Nervous system symptoms: neck stiffness, nausea, vomiting, seizures, hearing loss and loss of speech. These symptoms will go away even without treatment however you are still infected and you can still pass on syphilis to your sex partners. Finally, there is a long period without any symptoms. However, left untreated the syphilis bacteria continues to thrive in your body and can cause serious damage to your heart, brain, eyes and bones. It may take up to 10-30 years before this damage is seen but can occur much earlier if you also have HIV. Fortunately, syphilis can be detected and treated before it reaches this stage

Edited November 30, 2009 by Homicidalheathen

[Homicidalheathen]

A powder used to coat condoms may contain spores that can cause sores apparently like those associated with syphilis, according to two botanists who have unearthed a decades-old report on the spores.

To keep a rolled, latex condom from sticking to itself, manufacturers dust it with powder.

At least one major brand of nonlubricated condom is dusted with vegetable sulphur, a compound that contain spores of staghorn clubmoss.

The spores can cause small granular sores on soft skin and membranes.

The sores are not fatal and are cured easily, but they may be mistaken by doctors for the lesions ...