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Syphilis has been called a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or sexually transmitted infection (STI), and in the USA it is. However  there is a form of syphilis that you can have, but you didn't catch. The condition is bejel , it is a non-venereal form of the disease. In third world countries it is known by a variety of names including belesh, dichuchwa, frenga, njovera, skerljevo, sahel and siti, depending upon the native language and culture. The disease is caused by the parasite Treponema palladium  and it is detected by the same blood tests we use to detect syphilis in those who did acquire the disease sexually. But bejel is an endemic condition that is primarily in Bedouin tribes and in other pockets of the Middle East and parts of Africa. Like other endemic diseases at times it was very prevalent in these populations, and thus spread between children by direct contact and its spread is aided by living in unhygienic conditions. Sexually transmitted syphilis generally ...

What tests are best? Blood tests for HIV? Hepatitis B? Hepatitis C? Syphilis? Previous Chlamydia infection? How about pregnancy? Maybe a drop can answer a lot of these questions. Medscape today reported this quote: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one half of US pregnancies are unintended, 1 in 4 people aged 15 to 20 years contracts an STI each year, and the proportion of women among people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States has tripled during the past 2 decades, from 8% in 1985 to 26% in 2007." So what should you do...well talk to your Gyno Gab Gal. You may not have done enough to protect your self. You may not have even been asked to give that drop of blood. My parent organization...ACOG... http://www.acog.org/ wants all women ages 15 to 65 to be offered at least an HIV test when they come to their gyne...were you?