Syphilis Treatment with Penicillin Antibiotics
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Syphilis Treatment with Penicillin Antibiotics
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- Treatment for Syphilis is based on what stage the patient is in. It is also based off of the symptoms being experienced, the overall health of the patient, allergies, and also the age of the infected person.
- The most common treatment prescribed by a doctor is Penicillin, because it works regardless of what stage the Syphilis is in. Once damage has been done to the bodies organs it cannot be undone. - Even after a successful treatment the patient can possibly acquire another infection. Tests are needed to be done to monitor reinfection’s. |
- The recommended and preferred medicine for all treatment of Syphilis is Penicillin.
During early stages of infections the doctor may inject penicillin into the patients muscles.
Late stages may require Penicillin to be administered through an IV. The patient possibly will need to go to the hospital for this type of treatment to be administered.
During the period of treatment patients are highly recommended to do the following things:
- Stop all sexual activity until all sores, from the Syphilis, are restored to normal health. This means all sexual activities and sexual contact period.
- Notify all past sexual partners warning them of their potential risk for this disease. They too may need to be treated, the best time to catch Syphilis is in the early stages, so the sooner the better.
- About 6 months after the treatments are complete the patient should return to their doctor for a follow up. Another 6 months later the patient should go back one more time for a second and final check up, just to make sure that the infection has not resurfaced in any way, shape, or form. Most doctors recommendations are for two follow ups, after treatments, 6 months apart, but depending on your doctor and the seriousness of your case more frequent checkups may be recommended and needed.
- Treatments for Syphilis do not make a person immune to the disease, after a successful treatment it is still possible the patient may get reinfected, although it is not very likely. The only way to know if someone is carrying Syphilis is through a laboratory test only. Talk to a health care provider about the odds of reinfection, some people do not have any chance of reinfection, it all depends on the patient. The results of the Syphilis test 6 months and 12 months after your treatments are complete will tell you the answer to the question of can the disease return.
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