# Danger, Will Robinson (Discussing increased incidences of syphilis in Texas)

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**Created:** [July 15, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050 "2023-07-15T00:15:44Z")
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### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050/2 "2023-07-15T00:26:21Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Isn’t this easily treatable and not an issue anymore?

Nope. Plus with the current penicillin shortage we’re falling back on doxycycline to try to eradicate it. That means pills daily for a week or more rather than just some bi-buttock bicillin injections

It’s easily treatable IF it gets diagnosed. Since the typical symptoms are painless chancres on the genitals which resolve in a few months (while the spirochetes continue to burrow deeper and deeper into the body), a LOT of folks just ignore those minimal symptoms, if they notice them at all. And if the disease advances to tertiary syphilis and it can be a real bugger to try to cure.

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