Suggest Medical Tests To Rule Out Syphilis

Posted on Thu, 29 Sep 2016

Question: I think my spouse may have exposed me to syphilis. I have had a biol type lesion twice outside my vaginal opening. I now, neatly a year later, have muscle and joint pain, headaches, thinning of hair and fatigue?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
get a vdrl and tpha test done.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for the query to HCM,
tHE BEST WAY TO DIAGNOSE syphilis infection as of now would be to get a VDRL test and a TPHA ( treponema palladium hemagglutination test). This shall confirm the diagnosis.
Please get the test done and review with reports.
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng