If an infant infected with syphilis is not treated at birth, what problems will the child have as it gets older?
Untreated congenital syphilis in children older than 2 years (Late Congenital Syphilis) may show some of the following signs and/or symptoms: painful swelling of the joints, abnormal development of the teeth, gradual loss of the use of the legs, perforation of the palate, and cornea problems. Even at this stage of syphilis, the infection can be cured, but the damage that has occurred to the body cannot be undone.
