Soft Chancre: Symptoms, Therapy, Prevention

Brief overview Symptoms: Initially reddish papules, later vesicles, then painful ulcers, in men usually under the foreskin, in women on the labia, urethral area, vagina or cervix; inflammation of the lymph nodes, sometimes lymph node abscesses. Causes and risk factors: Infection with Haemophilus ducreyi bacterium, transmission through unprotected sexual contact. Examinations and diagnosis: smear from … Soft Chancre: Symptoms, Therapy, Prevention