Saturday, April 24, 2010

History of Syphilis Disease Or Lion King

Syphilis or the Lion King is a chronic infection, which can attack all the tools in the body and can be transmitted from mother to fetus. The cause is Treponema Palidum, a sprial-shaped bacteria and can move with great alacrity.
This disease has spread throughout the world and attacking the millions of people. Its spread is through unprotected sex (sexual intercourse), and numerous in big cities, especially port cities or trade. Although now insidensinya decreased, but syphilis is still need attention. This is because the consequences are very broad systemic symptoms.


Origin of Syphilis Disease
There are many opinions and speculations about the origin of syphilis this disease. But there are only two main theories that explain the origins of this disease. The theory is:
 


1. Columbian or New World TheoryIn accordance with this theory, the disease is still unknown in Europe before the year 1942. In this year Christopher Columbus made a historic voyage to cross the Atlantic ocean. The sailors said to have been endemic for syphilis by the local women on the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies. On the voyage back to Europe this disease continues to grow with the symptoms of a copper-colored spots on each patient is referred to as Indians Measles. After years of this epidemic emerge in 1943 across Europe.

2. Unitarian or African TheoryAccording to this theory, the disease has existed since the previous centuries. Penaykit is then spread by the movement of people and the slave trade in the U.S. state.
Given the differences in the hot air in African American countries with the cold air, the syphilis germs and then adjust to the move into the hot part of the body around the genitals (genitalia). And as a result of this disease and become a disease transmitted through sexual contact.
 

Why is this disease called syphilis?
This is due to the existence of a poem written in 1530. Author named FRACASTORO a doctor who is also an expert in poetry which lives in Verona, Italy. He has published a poem named syphilis, which tells pengembalaan pig named Syphilis who got anger of the god Apollo.
So that the gods punish the form of a very terrible disease as a punishment. The signs of disease contained in these poems is depicted very similar to the signs of a new disease that is currently sweeping the country Italy. Due to the spread in society, hence the name syphilis then applied just on the new disease and the name still used today.
 

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