I-Syphilis yisifo esithile, ngaphambi kokuqala kwekhulu lama-20, enye yezona zinto ezibangela ukufa kwabantu. Ukuhanjiswa ngo-1493 ngabagumbisi baseColumbus (ngokweminye imibiko, bafumana isifo kubantu base-Haiti), isifo esinokusasazeka sisasazeka kwihlabathi lonke. Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, i-syphilis ibangele ubomi babantu abayizigidi ezihlanu. Ngokusasaza ngesondo, i-syphilis yawunqoba yonke imida kunye nemingcele yemvelo, kwaye ngo-1512 isifo sokuqala sesi sifo sele sichazwe eJapan.
Izizathu zezinga eliphezulu lokusasazeka kwezifo ze-venereal zi:
- Indlela yokubeletha yokudluliselwa kwe-agent engumgudu wesifo. Ngexesha elifanayo, zonke iinkalo, inkolo, isizwe kunye neengcambu zolwahlulo zanqotshwa.
- Ubungakanani bentsholongwane yokutshatyalaliswa - ukutshatyalaliswa kwesi sifo ukusuka kumama ukuya kumntwana.
- Ixesha elide kwaye liguquke kakhulu ngokwexesha lokunyusa i-syphilis.
Ixesha le-syphilis ekhoyo
Ixesha apho kungekho kubonakaliswa okubonakalayo kwesi sifo, kuyinto yesiko ukukhetha njengethuba lokutshatyalaliswa. Akukho nkcazelo ethembekileyo malunga nexesha emva kokusuleleka kwintsholongwane kubonakala i-syphilis. Isikhathi esingaqhelekanga kwi-syphilis singanika ukuhluka kwekhosi ukususela ngeveki ukuya kwiinyanga ezimbini. Ukungabikho kwempawu zesifo se-venereal kubangela ukuba umntu ogule ixesha elide adibana nogqirha kwaye uyaqhubeka echaphazela amaqabane akhe esondo.
Le meko ibangela ubunzima obukhulu kunyango nokukhusela ukusasazeka kwesi sifo:
- Unokubona i-syphilis, kodwa awukwazi ukuqikelela ukuba luninzi iintsuku emva kokuba usulelekile;
- kungenakwenzeka kokuseka, emva kwexesha elithile emva komzuzwana woqhagamshelwano lwezesondo, lukwenza kube nzima ukufumanisa umthombo wesifo;
- kunye nokuxhatshazwa okukhohlisayo, akunakwenzeka ukucacisa ukuba uninzi lwama-syphilis olubonakaliswe ngokukhawuleza lwe-syphilis, ukufumana umthombo oyintloko.