Houston and Harris County are experiencing a syphilis outbreak after Houston Health Department (HHD) reports a 128% increase in cases among women and 57% increase overall.
Houston and Harris County are experiencing a syphilis outbreak after Houston Health Department reports a 128% increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis.
According to HHD, their statistics show infections saw a 57% increase from 1,845 in 2019 to 2,905 in 2022.In 2022 cases among women totaled 674, more than double the 295 cases in 2019. Congenital syphilis soared from 16 cases in 2016 to 151 cases in 2021, the latest year for which statistics are available.
Women are recommended testing at their first prenatal visit, during their third trimester, and at delivery, says HHD. If syphilis goes untreated during pregnancy it can result in a stillbirth or a baby's death soon after birth.FOX 26 Reporter Gabby Hart has more on what the CDC report showed for the state of Texas.
The department is also working with medical providers and collaborating with community-based partners to increase awareness of the outbreak and enhance testing and treatment.There is an increased risk of contracting HIV when you have syphilis due to the painless sore that develops at the site of sexual contact during the disease’s primary stage. HHD says new syphilis infections are known as primary, secondary and early latent syphilis.
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