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Over two dozen patients in Chicago between January and August last year reported symptoms typically associated with untreated or undiagnosed syphilis, the study said. Nearly 70% of those patients did not present signs typical in early stages, such as sores or rashes.
Patients are presenting with headache, hearing or vision issues.
According to news reports, patients have recently started to complain of vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. TheHealthSite.com
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can be life-threatening if left untreated - symptoms for the disease can be subtle and hard to notice in some cases
(CNN) — Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness