In case of infected mother during pregnancy the placenta appears enlarged and pale and this can determinate abortion,stillbirth (give birth to a death fetus) or the baby survives and develops two groups of manifestations:
1.Early Manifestations:
These type of manifestations develop during the first two years of life often between the 2nd and 10th week and are common to those with the secondary stage of disease.Appears:
-skin rash
-mucus patches (found in the mucus membranes of the mouth and anus)
-generalized lymph node enlargement (lymph node-small ball shaped organ of the immun system,distributed widely throughhout the body)
-radiating scars at the angles of mouth and anus
-syphilitic inflamation of organs that can result in pneumonia alba (pale lungs) and syphilitic cirrhosis
-retardation of bone growth.
2.Late Manifestations (2-30 years):
-Hutchinson's Teeth-the permanent central incisors are short,notched and widely separated
-deafness
-sabre tibia (the tibia is thickened and brent)
-saddle nose
-neurosyphilis.
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