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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about syphilis.
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Ignore: Develop a close professional relationship with your Dr. Share your need for a complete panel for STI.
Answered 7/4/2014
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Ignore: Blood testing is required to diagnose syphilis. Usually done when STD testing is requested.
Answered 7/20/2014
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Ignore: Ask what are the symptoms when you have syphillis and for how long syphillis stays in body.
Answered 11/12/2017
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