The incubation period of syphilis is usually 9 to 90 days, with an average of 3 weeks, and there are usually no obvious symptoms during this period.
Syphilis is a systemic chronic infectious disease caused by the syphilis spirochete. Patients with dominant and recessive syphilis are the source of infection, and syphilis spirochetes are found in skin lesions, blood, semen, breast milk and saliva of patients, about 95% of whom are infected through tiny lesions of the skin and mucous membranes during sexual contact. The incubation period of syphilis is usually 9 to 90 days, with an average of 3 weeks.
If you have unsafe sex or other intimate contact with a person with syphilis or suspected to have syphilis, or if you develop ulcers, rashes, or other suspected symptoms of syphilis in the genital area, it is important to consult a doctor to check for syphilis infection.
Syphilis cannot be cured on its own, so after the diagnosis of syphilis, it is necessary to consult a doctor in a timely manner. Syphilis treatment mainly consists of medication, penicillin is the first choice of medication, if accompanied by other complications, it is also necessary to carry out symptomatic treatment, and the specific treatment plan should be decided by the doctor after evaluating the condition.