Igcushuwalusulelo oludluliselwa ngeentlobano zesini olubangelwa yintsholongwane yeTreponema pallidum. Isasazwa ikakhulu ngokwabelana ngesondo, kubandakanywa isondo lelungu lobufazi, lomva, kunye nolomlomo. Usulelo lunokusasazeka ukusuka kumama ukuya kusana ngexesha lokubeleka. Igcushuwa yingxaki enkulu yempilo enokuba neziphumo zexesha elide ukuba ayinyangwa.

Ukuziphatha ngokwesondo kunendima ebalulekileyo ekusasazekeni kwegcushuwa. Ukwabelana ngesondo ngokungakhuselekanga neqabane elosulelekileyo kwandisa ingozi yokosuleleka. Oku kuquka ukuba namaqabane amaninzi ngesondo, njengoko oku kwandisa amathuba okudibana nomntu onegcushuwa. Ukongeza, ukuzibandakanya kwimicimbi yezesondo esemngciphekweni omkhulu, njengokwabelana ngesondo ezimpundu okungakhuselekanga, kunokonyusa ithuba lokosulela ngegcushuwa.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba igcushuwa inokosulela ngokungekho ngokwesondo, njengotofelo-gazi okanye ukusuka kumama ukuya kumntwana ongekazalwa ngexesha lokukhulelwa. Nangona kunjalo, isondo sihlala enye yeendlela eziphambili zolusulelo olusasazekayo.

Ukuthintela usulelo lwe-syphilis kubandakanya ukwabelana ngesondo ngokukhuselekileyo, okubandakanya ukusebenzisa iikhondom ngokuchanekileyo kwaye rhoqo ngexesha lokwabelana ngesondo. Ukunciphisa inani lamaqabane ngesondo kunye nokuhlala kubudlelwane obubodwa kunye neqabane eliye lavavanywa kwaye laziwa njengelingenantsholongwane kunokunciphisa umngcipheko wokosuleleka ngegcushuwa.

Ukuvavanywa rhoqo kwizifo ezosulela ngesondo, kubandakanywa ne-syphilis, kubalulekile kubantu ababelana ngesondo. Ukufunyaniswa kwangethuba kunye nonyango lwegcushuwa kubalulekile ekuthinteleni usulelo ukuba luqhubele phambili luye kumanqanaba amabi kakhulu, nto leyo enokukhokelela kwiingxaki zempilo.

Ukushwankathela, ukwabelana ngesondo ngenene kunokubangela usulelo lwegcushuwa. Ukuziqhelanisa nokwabelana ngesondo okukhuselekileyo, ukuvavanywa rhoqo, kunye nokufuna unyango ngoko nangoko emva kokuba igcushuwa ifunyenwe ngamanyathelo abalulekileyo ekuthinteleni ukusasazeka kwesi sifo esosulela ngokwabelana ngesondo. Ngokwaziswa kunye nokuthatha amanyathelo abonakalayo, abantu ngabanye banokuwunciphisa umngcipheko wokosulelwa yigcushuwa kwaye bakhusele impilo yabo yezesondo.

Apha sinenyathelo elinye le-TP-AB yovavanyo olukhawulezayo lokubhaqa i-Syphilis, nayoHIV/HCV/HBSAG/Syphilis combo testukubhaqwa kweSyphilis.