Syphilis is a serious infection that can cause miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, or death in the neonatal period. Babies with this infection may show symptoms from the time they are born or later. 

 Syphilis (Syphilis) Disease 

 Syphilis is a serious infection that can cause miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, or death in the neonatal period. Babies with this infection may show symptoms from the time they are born or later. 

 Early stage syphilis is syphilis that shows symptoms between 0 and 2 years of age. They may be asymptomatic in the neonatal period. It can only occur during routine prenatal screening. If not recognized and treated, these newborns may only show malnutrition and a runny nose. Syphilis that manifests in the newborn period are preterm births and show enlarged liver and spleen, skeletal abnormalities, lung problems and bullous eruptions. 

 Late-stage syphilis is syphilis that shows symptoms at the age of 2 years and above, but is those who have received the infection from the mother through the placenta. It contains 63% of symptoms called the Hutchinson triad. (Distorted tooth structure, corneal inflammation, deafness) In addition to this, prominent forehead, collapse of the bone region of the nose, palate defects, short upper jaw, forward lower jaw are other symptoms. 

 If the infected pregnant is detected and treated, the problem can be resolved without affecting the baby. The baby may not be affected by treatment, especially until the first 16 weeks of pregnancy.