What is syphilis? Syphilis is a highly contagious disease spread primarily through sexual activities, including oral and anal sex. It is mostly transferred through sexual intercourse, kissing, blood transfusion and use of some sharp objects in the public places such as hospitals and some other unhygienic environment. It is transmitted through kissing because the germ, treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis, is present in everybody’s tongues. How dangerous is the germ? When the bacterial infection is transferred into the body, it grows through the blood. Syphilis can only be discovered through the blood with venereal disease research laboratory. Is it true that syphilis can be caused by bodily contact? Yes! One of the symptoms of syphilis is that one notices a kind of oyster or cancer at the tip of the penis. It causes fever and the wound is painless. It also causes fever and some discomfort such as runny stomach, noise in the stomach, etc. Can it be transferred from a p...