The probability of contracting syphilis from skin-to-skin contact is extremely low. The first skin infection syphilis requires several conditions: 1, skin infection is their own skin to have a certain break and not intact and the wound should be fresh. 2, and to infect each other’s wounds or body fluids, such as blood, semen, breast milk, saliva and skin breaks, syphilis patients are containing a large number of syphilis spirochetes exist. So in the clinic if syphilis patients living around themselves, the first thing you need to do is personal intimate items must be dedicated to each other, if the other hand has a clear syphilis rash, pay attention to the act of shaking hands to try to avoid.