"Nobody knows how they got it, but damned if they know how to get rid of it". If THIS is how you look at syphilis, then you HAVE to read this pamphlet! It will tell you a general description of the bacterium, how it is contracted, the symptoms, how to prevent it, and side effects of syphilis. How Syphilis Is Contracted! Syphilis is contracted when the spirochete treponema pallidum penetrates broken skin, or mucous membranes, …showed first 75 words of 512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 512 total…spinal cord, eye, or auditory system may develop also. Other Interesting Facts About Syphilis! When all women become pregnant, they are tested for syphilis to make sure that they do not have syphilis to pass on to their child. About 70,000 people each year are diagnosed with syphilis in Canada. Syphilis can spread through almost every kind of sex, oral, vaginal, anal, it can be spread through touching a chancre directly, and through mother and child.