Syphilis Rate Up For Gay Men With HIV

The medical community has a new warning for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men.

With syphilis rates in that population increasing dramatically, a study has found that, if left untreated, the sexually transmitted disease leads to mental confusion, blurred vision, difficulty walking or other serious neurological complications in about 1 in 50 HIV-positive men.

For about 1 in 200 of those who develop neural symptoms, the complications persist even six months after treatment, according to the study published last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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