Syphilitic heart disease treatment

Syphilitic heart disease refers to the invasion of Treponema pallidum in the human body, resulting in cardiovascular disease, including syphilitic aortitis, syphilitic aortic valve insufficiency, syphilitic aortic aneurysm, coronary artery stenosis, this situation can normally harm the heart, showing large vascular lesions. If the patient once diagnosed with syphilitic heart disease, can be treated with drugs and surgery two methods. The first drug treatment is penicillin, which can be given intramuscularly once a week for three weeks. In addition, drugs such as cephalosporins can be injected. Erythromycin can also be given orally. Severe syphilitic heart disease can be treated by surgery to remove the aneurysm and transplant it with an homologous artery or blood vessel substitute.