Sudden deafness due to sexually transmitted infection

The patient is male (31 years old, having homosexual sex, HIV infection is in the process of treatment with ARV anti -virus drugs).According to history, one day before hospitalization, this patient suddenly had hearing loss both ears, dizziness and tinnitus.This patient went to the doctor when the doctor diagnosed deafness suddenly.

After 1 week of treatment of hearing loss but not bringing results, the patient had visited at Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital.Here, the test results recorded, the patient was infected with syphilis.

In -depth diagnostic results show that this patient has neurological syphilis and syphilis on the background of HIV pathology.After being active in medical treatment, the patient restored hearing.However, the hearing of the right ear receives poor sound.

According to Dr. Tuan Khanh, syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection, caused by a pallidum treponema.The disease is usually diagnosed based on typical clinical manifestations at each stage.However, some cases of rare clinical manifestations may cause difficulties in diagnosis and treatment.

In order to avoid the risk of syphilis and sexually transmitted diseases, the doctor recommends that the community needs to perform safe and faithful sexual sex, use condoms when having sex, room vaccination.Preventing sexually transmitted diseases, going to the hospital for examination as soon as there are abnormalities ...