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A member asked:
If i think i got syphilis from dancing with my room mate when he had the secondary rash on his palms, how soon can i be tested?
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How do you know?: Although secondary syphilis is a disseminated infection with treponema pallidum in the skin and mucous membrane lesions, the mucous patches in the mouth and the condylomata latum on moist surfaces are much more infectious than the palm lesions. If the site of transmission is the palm, the primary ulcer or chancre should occur there. The fta test can turn positive before the rpr.
Answered 11/24/2019
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Unlikely: It is unlikely to contact syphillis from contact with a secondary rash. Standard screens for syphillis may take 2 to 4 weeks to become positive.
Answered 4/19/2013
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A member asked:
Is that possible that syphilis rash on hand only last for 2 day and then go? i read that secondary syphilis rash can stay for a week, i had rapid syphilis and negative?
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A member asked:
Does the skin rash from the later stages of syphilis only affect the palms and soles?
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A member asked:
If i have also has a rash on my palm, is it automatically a syphilis? btw, my rash is ichy. i think it is papular rash and some look like vasculitis.
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