Syphilis in Alberta and BC

Health Nurse

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Nov 24, 2004
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We just want to remind to everyone that the syphilis outbreak is still continuing.

In Alberta there were more than 200 cases of infectious syphilis last year. Nine of these were children who were born with syphilis. For more information on the outbreak in Alberta here are a few links:

Below is a letter which was sent to Alberta physicians explaining the outbreak:

http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NR/rdon...Letter+to+physicians+-Syphilis+-+March+07.pdf

Here is some information from Health Canada:

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/bid-bmi/dsd-dsm/nb-ab/2007/nb1107_e.html


Syphilis is an STI that can be passed via oral, vaginal or rectal sex.

Syphilis symptoms can appear as sores or a rash, but it is common for people not to notice anything. For this reason we recommend regular STI screening. A blood test is required for syphilis testing. It is also easily cured with antibiotics.

For more information have a look at our website.

http://www.stdresource.com/disease/index.php?page=edit&id=4&action=viewfull

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HN
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Health Nurse

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Hi all

I just got some BC syphilis stats from 2006 that I thought we would share with you.

We had 333 cases of infectious syphilis for BC in 2006. 9.01% of these cases were in patrons of sex workers and 8.11% were in sex workers.

Keep in mind that many people would not feel comfortable discussing if they do sex work or are a patron.

Therefore these stats are only an estimate of syphilis rates in these two groups.

HN
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inneedofhelp

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that's scary. you said that it can be passed via skin to skin contact, right?

so technically a handjob or me fingering a sex worker (both anally or virginally) then masturbating myself with part of the condom covering it can still pass on syphillis

or that's not really possible?
 

Health Nurse

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Nov 24, 2004
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that's scary. you said that it can be passed via skin to skin contact, right?

so technically a handjob or me fingering a sex worker (both anally or virginally) then masturbating myself with part of the condom covering it can still pass on syphillis

or that's not really possible?

Hi inneedofhelp

We do not see syphilis being transmitted in the situation you describe.

Syphilis is passed by direct skin to skin contact with a sore e.g. genital against genital, mouth to genital etc.

It is always a good idea to get a regular syphilis test if you are sexually active.

Does this answer your question?

HN
 
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