Can shaking hands also spread syphilis? Introduction to the main modes of transmission of syphilis

Handshaking will not infect AIDS, which is believed to be known by many people, but syphilis may spread through handshaking, which is unknown.

Deng, a migrant worker from a water plant on Nanzhou Road, Haizhu District, sought medical advice from the hospital due to a traffic accident. Three kinds of conventional syphilis were detected during hospitalization. His lover quickly underwent an examination and discovered the same illness, even the one and a half year old baby in the family could not be spared. According to dermatologists at the hospital, after excluding factors such as congenital infections and birth canal infections, children are most likely to become infected in close contact with their mothers, such as kissing (if the chancre grows on the lips), shaking hands, hugging, and bathing together.

Not washing hands and shaking hands after urination can also be contagious

Syphilis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum (also known as Treponema pallidum), which is mainly transmitted through sexual contact. Early syphilis is the most infectious disease. In addition to growing in the penis Corona of glans penis, penis foreskin, glans and scrotum, some syphilitic rashes also grow in the fingers, lips and eyelids.

The wound surface of the first stage of syphilis contains a lot of Treponema pallidum. If the patient's rash grows on their hands and shakes hands with someone, it may be transmitted to others. Treponema pallidum can enter the human body through damaged skin and mucous membranes, and many people are unaware of minor damage to their hands, so shaking hands with syphilis patients is easy to hit. Even if the rash does not grow on the hands, syphilis patients can still be troublesome if they do not wash their hands and shake hands when urinating. Therefore, doctors label syphilis checklists with dangerous words to prevent occupational infections among inspectors.

What is the main mode of transmission of syphilis?

Syphilis patients are the only source of infection. Sexual contact infections account for 95%. Mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse from damaged areas, Treponema pallidum is abundant on the surface of skin and mucosal damage, as well as in saliva, milk, semen, and urine.

Untreated patients are the most infectious within a year of infection, and as the disease progresses, the infectivity decreases. Patients with a disease period of more than 4 years have no infectivity through sexual contact.

Treponema pallidum can also invade through dry skin and intact mucosa. A few people can be infected through close contact such as kissing and breastfeeding, but the contact area must be accompanied by syphilis spirochetes. Treponema pallidum is anaerobic, difficult to survive in vitro, sensitive to dryness, and has a very low possibility of indirect infection through various utensils. During blood transfusion, the donor can infect syphilis patients.