hs later which include symptoms of non-painful rashes on the soles of feet, swollen joints, aching bones, and headache. “The third stage of syphilis is known as latent stage. Latent means ‘lying in wait,’ and it reflects the fact that at this stage, there are no symptoms. All the time, however, the disease is lying in wait, eating away at the heart, the brain, or other organs, and can go on for twenty years ” (Brodman, Thacker, and Kranz 44). The late stage of Syphilis is the final stage, which includes harsh symptoms of blindness, insanity, or crippling. Congenital Syphilis is when a child is born with the disease given by the mother. Syphilis is contagious enough to get it by sharing food, bathroom, or utensils.Another highly contagious STD is Gonorrhea. This disease has been cured in the past with anti-biotic, but in recent situations the disease has been resisting medication. Gonorrhea’s infectious agent is Neisseria gonorrhoae, a bacteria. The symptoms are different in men and women, but includes “yellow or greenish mucous-like discharge.” “A female may have burning on urination or pelvic pain. A male often may have burning with urination, and may notice a stain in his underwear” (www.doh.state.fl.us). Some thirty to fifty percent of women infected with the disease have no kind of symptoms at all. If women do receive symptoms, they are less visual than men are and last a shorter time than men as well. A women would most likely to get infected in the cervix. Burning sensation of urinating is also a female symptom. Untreated females with the disease can cause it to spread to the Skene’s glands and Bartholin’s glands. If there is further spreading, it can lead to PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease), which can cause permanent sterility. “Both men and women can also get gonorrhea in the rectum, the throat, and the eye” (Brodman, Thacker, an...
