I-Syphiliskuyisifo esithathelwana ngocansi esibangelwa yibhaktheriya i-Treponema pallidum. Sisakazeka kakhulu ngokuxhumana ngokocansi, okuhlanganisa ucansi lwesitho sangasese sowesifazane, indunu, kanye nolwemlomo. Ukutheleleka kungasakazeka futhi kusuka kumama kuya enganeni ngesikhathi sokubeletha. I-Syphilis iyinkinga enkulu yezempilo engaba nemiphumela yesikhathi eside uma ingelashwa.

Ukuziphatha ngokocansi kudlala indima ebalulekile ekusabalaleni kwe-syphilis. Ukulala nomuntu ongavikelekile kwandisa ingozi yokutheleleka. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuba nabalingani abaningi bocansi, njengoba lokhu kwandisa amathuba okuxhumana nomuntu one-syphilis. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuzibandakanya emisebenzini yocansi eyingozi kakhulu, njengocansi olungavikelekile lwe-anal, kungandisa amathuba okudluliselwa kwe-syphilis.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi i-syphilis ingadluliselwa ngaphandle kocansi, njengokumpontshelwa igazi noma kusuka kumama kuya kumntwana ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa. Kodwa-ke, ucansi luhlala lungenye yezindlela eziyinhloko zokusabalala kwalesi sifo.

Ukuvimbela ukutheleleka nge-syphilis kuhilela ukwenza ucansi oluphephile, okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisa amakhondomu ngendlela efanele futhi njalo ngesikhathi socansi. Ukunciphisa inani labalingani bocansi nokuhlala ebudlelwaneni bomuntu oyedwa nomlingani ohlolwe futhi owaziwa ukuthi akanalo igciwane kunganciphisa nengozi yokudluliselwa kwe-syphilis.

Ukuhlolwa njalo kwezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, okuhlanganisa ne-syphilis, kubalulekile kubantu abahlanganyela ocansini. Ukutholwa nokwelashwa kwe-syphilis kusenesikhathi kubalulekile ekuvimbeleni ukutheleleka ukuthi kungadluleli ezigabeni ezinzima kakhulu, okungaholela ezinkingeni ezinkulu zempilo.

Ngamafuphi, ukuya ocansini kungabangela ukutheleleka nge-syphilis. Ukwenza ucansi oluphephile, ukuhlolwa njalo, nokufuna ukwelashwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuba i-syphilis itholakale kuyizinyathelo ezibalulekile ekuvimbeleni ukusabalala kwalesi sifo esithathelwana ngocansi. Ngokwaziswa nangokuthatha izinyathelo zokuqapha, abantu banganciphisa ingozi yabo yokuthola i-syphilis futhi bavikele impilo yabo yocansi.

Lapha sinesivivinyo esisodwa se-TP-AB esisheshayo sokuthola i-Syphilis, futhi sinasoUkuhlolwa kwe-HIV/HCV/HBSAG/Syphilis okuhlanganisiweukuthola i-Syphilis.