Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

CDC warns outbreak of eye syphilis is not slowing down

Eye syphilis is on the rise in the United States, health officials warn.

More than 200 people across 20 states were diagnosed with the sexually-transmitted disease in their eyes between 2014 and 2016, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ocular syphilis, which can cause blindness and blurry vision, develops out of a syphilis infection in the spinal cord, which spreads to the eye.

While it was once rare but rates have been steadily climbing in America in recent years.

More

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

going to be a lot of cock-eyed people walking around

Anonymous said...

7:25 is the winner!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Anonymous said...

Had their eyes were they don't belong !! LOL

Anonymous said...

Could also be Herpes simplex 10. If the patient doesn't get to a doctor and get the prescribed medicine in time, there will be a heck of a lot more falling off his body than just a red eye.

Anonymous said...

Was eyeing things too closely apparently !!!

Anonymous said...

These are bad diseases injuring eyes but please do not jump to any conclusions everytime you see someone with red bloody eyes. They also have other things that rupture in the eye that causes bloody eyes too. I know because every year around this time allergies, blood pressure, etc can also cause this look.