noun phaseÂ·out \ËfÄz-ËauÌt\. : the act of stopping something gradually over a period of time in a planned series of steps or phases.
C. Incubation period: Usually 3 weeks, ranges from 10 days to 3 months for primary symptoms. D. Period of communicability: Moist mucocutaneous lesions of primary and secondary syphilis are infectious. However, it is difficult to differentiate between the infectious stage and the noninfectious early latent stage.
Secondary syphilis â In this stage, syphilis bacteria spread throughout the body. This usually causes a rash over most of the body along with fever, aches and pains, and other symptoms. This stage begins six to eight weeks after a person is exposed to syphilis, and it lasts up to one year. Latent syphilis â This stage begins when the secondary stage ends.