Sexual health & STIs
Signs and Symptoms
Getting Tested
Chlamydia
Gonorrhoea
Genital Warts
Genital Herpes
HIV
Syphilis
Syphilis
Syphilis is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
• Syphilis can be passed on easily through vaginal, anal and oral sex
• Often syphilis has no symptoms
• Syphilis does not go away and can cause serious health problems
• Syphilis is easy to test for and easy to treat. Treatment cures the infection
• Risk of infection is reduced if you always use a condom for all types of sex
• The only way to know for sure, if you have syphilis is to be tested