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.Widespread use of penicillin has been responsible for reducing the number of existing cases, but the only way to eliminate bejel is by improving living and sanitation conditions.
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What is the prognosis for bejel?
Bejel is completely curable with antibiotic treatment.
What is another name for bejel?
Bejel, also known as endemic syphilis.Bejel has many other names depending on the locality: siti, dichuchwa, njovera, belesh, and skerljevo are some of the names.
What is bejel?
Bejel, also known as endemic syphilis, is a chronic but curable disease, seen mostly in children in arid regions. Unlike the better-known venereal syphilis, endemic syphilis is not a sexually transmitted disease.
How is bejel transmitted?
In bejel,transmission is by direct contact, with broken skin or contaminated hands,or indirectly by sharing drinking vessels and eating utensils.is passed on mostly between children living in poverty in very unsanitary environments and with poor hygiene
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