What is syphilis of the brain?
This form of pathology develops mainly in those individuals who have been discovered untimely or have not been treated at all. Additional factors leading to the development of the disease include brain trauma, various intoxications, severe somatic pathologies.
Syphilis of the brain, in its essence, is an early form of neurosyphilis and develops on average, after 5-7 years from the moment of entry into the human body of the pathogen, a pale spirochaete. First of all, with this pathology, cerebral vascular lesions occur, and only then the shells and brain substance are involved in the process. The defeat of the latter leads to the development of meningitis. When the vessels are damaged, their walls may be softened, which ultimately leads to hemorrhage due to their damage.
What are the symptoms of syphilis of the brain?
Regardless of what factors caused the pathology, the symptoms of the syphilis of the brain can be divided into: mental, somatic and neurological disorders.
Neurological disorders are quite diverse. Most often they appear in the form of dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting. In this case, observed, the so-called ptosis (the lowering of the eyelids) and smoothing of the nasolabial fold.
Somatic disorders are the defeat of pathology of other organs, in particular the heart, liver, aorta, kidneys, etc. With mental manifestations of syphilis, there are increased fatigue, irritability, a person is having difficulty concentrating. In addition, intellectual abilities also decrease.
No manifestation of syphilis makes it possible to diagnose them on their basis. This requires a thorough clinical examination, focusing on the laboratory methods of research.