England Syphilis Cases Hit 1940s High as UKHSA Blames Missed Symptoms

1 articles · Updated · LADbible · May 9

Syphilis diagnoses in England have climbed to their highest level since the 1940s, prompting UKHSA to launch a response plan aimed at cutting transmission and eliminating congenital syphilis.
UKHSA says the resurgence is being driven by early symptoms that are easy to miss and by a public perception that syphilis is a historical disease rather than a current threat.
The bacterial infection spreads through unprotected sex and can begin with small painless sores before progressing to rashes, flu-like illness and, if untreated, damage to the brain, heart and nerves.
Doctors are also weighing wider use of doxyPEP—an antibiotic taken within 24 hours after unprotected sex with a new partner—which is already offered to gay men and has been proposed for others with multiple partners.

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Syphilis rates are back to 1940s levels. What have we forgotten about public health in the last 80 years?

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