The length of the incubation period of syphilis varies, usually around three to six weeks, a few in three months, individual patients will reach several years.
Syphilis incubation period: that is, there is syphilis spirochete infection in the body, no treatment, the body does not have any symptoms, but only positive syphilis serologic examination, and cerebrospinal fluid examination is normal. The syphilis spirochete enters the body and spreads to the blood of the whole body, and the body will appear positive for antibodies, which usually takes 3~6 weeks.
Therefore, there is a need to carry out the appropriate examination after adverse sexual contact, generally in one month, two months, three months time respectively, if the test results are negative, basically can rule out the infection of syphilis. If the test is positive infection should be as early as possible to seek medical treatment, must be under the guidance of a professional physician standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition.