Treatments and Cure for Syphilis

Syphilis can be cured using penicillin or other antibiotics to kill the bacteria. Usually penicillin is given in a shot, unless the person cannot take penicillin. In all stages of syphilis, proper treatment will cure the disease. But in late syphilis, damage already done to body organs cannot be reversed. You can get syphilis again after being cured if you are exposed to it. Taking antibiotics does not protect you from getting syphilis again.

People who have sex with someone infected with syphilis should be tested and treated, even if they don't have signs of the disease.