Physicians Increasingly Seeing Atypical, Severe Symptoms Associated With Syphilis

HealthDay (4/29, Mundell) reports, “Syphilis cases are on the rise in the United States, and doctors in Chicago say they are increasingly seeing cases that don’t display typical symptoms, such as rash or skin ulcers.” Rather, “patients are presenting with headaches or disruptions in their vision or hearing, said” researchers. The team presented a report on the issue “last week at the 2024 Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference in Atlanta.”