home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Electronic Bookshelf
/
Electronic Bookshelf.iso
/
referen
/
medical
/
illness.dat
/
A386
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-09-20
|
443b
|
7 lines
Congenital Syphilis
SYMPTOMS in an infant may include blisters on the mouth, soles, nose, palms
and diaper area and generalized lymph node enlargement. Other signs may
include a failure to thrive, enlarged liver and spleen, convulsions, mental
retardation, meningitis and bloodstained or pus-laden discharge.
CAUSES by the mother passing along infection to the fetus.
TREATMENT. Antibiotics and other treatment.