Former president Donald Trump was photographed waving to cameras as he headed to court. Clusters of bright red, raw-looking blisters were clearly visible on his right hand — leading to media speculation that these were the characteristic sores of secondary syphilis......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
There’s no proof Trump has syphilis, but the possibility that he or anyone could be infected is not as far-fetched as it might sound. Syphilis was once nearly eliminated in the US — gone the way of malaria and the black plague — but in the last decade rates have exploded in the US, Europe, and Canada. Experts are calling the re-emergence an epidemic, approaching 200,000 new cases a year in the US and causing 220 stillbirths and infant deaths in the most recent year analyzed.
Syphilis can be detected with a simple screening test and can often be cured with a single dose of penicillin, so why is it suddenly on the rise? And more importantly, what can you do to protect yourself?
You can be infected without knowing it
