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Treatment for Syphilis
How is syphilis treated?
Syphilis can be cured with antibiotics. You and any sex partners that you may have exposed to the infection will need to be treated.
It's important to know that syphilis isn't an infection that you can treat on your own. It must be treated with medicine that only your doctor can give you. With treatment, you avoid other serious health problems. And treatment keeps you from spreading syphilis to others.
If a woman is pregnant and has untreated syphilis, it can cause miscarriage or stillbirth. It can also cause the baby to be born with the infection. This is called congenital syphilis.
At any stage of the infection, antibiotics work well to cure syphilis. They can't undo the damage already caused by late-stage syphilis. But they can help you avoid further problems from the infection.
Penicillin is the preferred drug for treating syphilis.