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Syphilis Treatment

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lover19891
lover19891

August 2010, i donate a blood, and Report i was found that i got syphilis RPR Reactive 1:2, so mu per week for 6 weeks. i asume that  the treatment was suceefuly, but i was wrong,

On Sep 2014, the RPR Test result reactive titire was 1:32, Dr. recommended  BENZATHINE Penciliin 2.4  per week for 3 weeks, on January 2015, RPR test reactive and titire reduce to 1:32 to 1:8, and no need for treatment.

but April 2015, RPR test show 1:16, how its possible, but my partner, RPR , TPHA, Negative,  i  didnot sex to any one, pls advice 

 

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  • simonthethird
    simonthethird lover19891

    Posted

    This is probably so specialist that you should ask this question - if such it be - to the Doctor who treated you or to the Urinary Medicine Clinic

    You are not in UK I'd guess?

    Syphilis is caught by sex with someone who is affected so you must have caught this before 2010.   I am very surprised that after treatment at that stage you were not checked.

    • lover19891
      lover19891 simonthethird

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply,

       6 months before, my treatment start from STD clinic, Dr. also maintain my history, i sugest that, i was visit UAE, but God promise i never involve in sex, so, i dont know, but how its possible, after treament of 3 moths my titer low 1:8 and after 3 months 1:16,  and Dr. advise to re-treatment again as before,

      Pls 

  • archemedes
    archemedes lover19891

    Posted

    Wow, just as well you found out about this sooner rather than later.

    Syphilis can be resilient and can go through periods of latency, and 2.4 million units of aqueous procaine penicillin G  given intramuscularly daily with probenecid 500mg orally 4 times per day for 10-14 days is considered to be an effective treatment..  

    Hopefully when they treat you this time I'm they will make certain that it does go once and for all.

    As for passing it to your partner or visa versa, there is only a 60% risk of it being passed from one person to another, so it may be that your partner has been lucky -very lucky.

    In any event I would certainly recommend your partner applies for regular retesting,  as because of it's latency this can be a difficult infection to track down.

  • simonthethird
    simonthethird lover19891

    Posted

    Are you saying that you have never had sex before 2010? 

    Because syphilis is only contracted by sexual contact.  If you really have never had sex prior to that the only other real possibility is that you contracted it at - or before - birth [that is from a parent] but if that is the case you would have expected to show some signs before then while growning up.

  • perpl
    perpl lover19891

    Posted

    The differece should be 4-fould to suspect treatment failure. So, keep checking non treponemal titres every few months
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