Chapter 23: The Advanced Syphillis mentioned in Abrahams's Story

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Its a mix of Tuberculosis, Syphilis, and Leprosy

[50/50 of losing a limb at injection site]

Year 1 would the primary Phase and Secondary phase/Stage 1 and 2
* Flu-like symptoms and chills start after 1st week of infection, then you'll feel fatigued and muscle soreness, dry scalp by the beginning of month 1
* Lymph nodes near groin are enlarged, penis starts leaking green pus, larynx feels swollen, thickening of facial skin, ear and hand tissue, by the end of month 1
* Whole body rash (appears on feet and hands first by week 1, but by week 5, it appears in the whole body) and the feeling of itchiness appears by the beginning of month 2
* Chancres on penis and anus start appearing by the end of month 2
* Small Reddish Papules and nodules by the beginning of 3
* Wart-like sores in mouth start appearing by end of month 3, mouth feels dry, hurts to eat, throat starts to ache
* Swollen glands by beginning of month 4
* High fever, headaches, and flu-like symptoms by the end of month 4
* Severe weight loss, night sweats, and hair loss by the beginning of month 5
* Malaise, Migraines, become more frequent, Syphilic Alopecia also forms by the end of month 5
* extreme fatigue and muscle aches become more frequent, erectile dysfunction appears by the beginning of month 6 (doing basic activities such as running or stretching even hurt)
* By the end of Month 6 you'll enter the Latent phase where it remains hidden until year 2.
Year 2 would be tertiary Stage/Stage 3
* Neurological problems (trouble remembering, loss of speech, forgetting where stuff is, not wanting to eat, changes in phonation) by the beginning of month 1
* Strokes become more frequent (happens every 3 months by year 2 as your body tries to fight the virus)
* Infection and inflammation of membranes around the brain and spinal cord, tissue loss (leads to fingers and toes to become shortened and deformed as the cartilage is absorbed into the body) by the end of month 1
* Numbness (loss of feelings in arms and legs, sometimes will lead to temporary paralysis) by the beginning of month 2
* Deafness (cant hear unless raised voice-would need hearing aids) by end of month 2
* Myopia by the beginning of month 3 then Cataracts by the end of month 3 (would need glasses)
* Personality changes (example: once happy person will turn violent and angry) by the beginning of month 4
* Syphilic Dementia/syphillic meningitis by the end of month 4
* Heart valve disease by the beginning of month 5
* Syphilic aortitis by the end of month 6
* Inflammation of the blood vessels by the beginning of month 7
* Wart-like sores start appearing on the body by the end of month 7
* Large lesions and Gummas start forming on the face (either left or right side, some close off the eye) by the beginning of month 8
* abnormalities start forming by the end of month 8 (nose, forehead, collarbone, lower legs, jaw and cheekbones, notched incisors)
* Chest pains by the beginning of month 9, coughing up blood and persistent coughs
* Kidney disease (symptoms include bloody stool, and urine) by the end of month 9
* Anemia starts appearing by the beginning of month 10
* Saddle nose starts forming by the end of month 10
* Inflammation of the liver, joints and optic nerve by the beginning of month 11 (Uveitis starts forming by week 5)
* Periostitis and interstitial keratitis start forming by the end of month 11
* Large liver and spleen start forming by the beginning of month 12
* Tabes Dorsalias by the end of month 12 (ataxia, shooting burning pain, diminished reflexes, diminished sense of touch, tabetic gait/locomotor ataxia, degeneration of joints, loss of coordination, glossodynia, urinary incontinence, Argyll Robertson Pupil, Tabetic Ocular Crisis, back pain, proprioception) (that means if testing knee jerk reaction, you wouldnt feel it/twitch)

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