TOKYO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — The variety of congenital syphilis circumstances in Japan has reached a file excessive by surpassing 12,000 to date this 12 months, knowledge from the nation’s well being authority confirmed on Friday.
A complete of 188 syphilis circumstances have been reported in Japan in the course of the week on Oct. 23-29, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in its infectious ailments weekly report.
This introduced the overall variety of circumstances to 12,434 this 12 months, mentioned the report. This is the quickest charge of improve since comparable knowledge grew to become obtainable in 1999.
Congenital syphilis, transmitted mainly via sexual contact, could cause rashes and abnormalities in newborns. Infected kids can develop signs similar to irritation of the eyes and listening to loss in a number of years, even when they present no signs as infants.
A whole treatment is feasible for the illness if correct therapy is given at an early stage, however severe problems might develop within the mind and coronary heart if syphilis is left untreated.
Local specialists suggested that infections ought to be handled earlier than being pregnant to keep away from passing them on to new child infants.