Chancre

A chancre is a painful ulcer that develops at the site of infection in the human body. Typically, chancre appears on the lips, penis, urethra or eyelid.

The appearance of chancre is the main symptom of infectious diseases such as sleeping sickness and syphilis. In sleeping sickness, a chancre forms at the site of a bite from a sick person or animal. With syphilis, chancre appears on the genitals or other places of contact with an infected partner.

The chancre is a dense, painful nodule with a necrotic center, surrounded by an inflamed area. Chancroid usually appears 10-90 days after infection (average 3 weeks) and may persist for 2-6 weeks before disappearing.

Diagnosis of chancre is based on its characteristic clinical picture. Additionally, laboratory tests may be performed to confirm infection. Treatment depends on the disease causing the chancroid, but usually includes antibiotics.

Thus, the appearance of chancre indicates the development of a dangerous infection and requires immediate consultation with a doctor to make a diagnosis and begin treatment.

Chancre (chancre; French chancre ulcer) is a lesion of the epidermis due to an infectious disease (mainly syphilitis). It begins with redness of the skin, papules with a pustule quickly forming in the center - an infected area, which then, after the purulent capsule breaks through, transforms into an ulcer with wavy, often scalloped edges, erosions (“slag banks”) and a weeping red border at the base. The lesion can be symmetrical (only one chancre is clinically manifested) or unilateral (paretic), more often observed in men. Symmetrical chancroid is observed in more than 75% of patients with syphilis. Although chancre can appear anywhere on the body, they are most common in the genitals and mouth. At the very beginning these are yellowish spots. Soon their color changes to whitish-yellow, they take on the appearance of a visor in profile, and as they grow, an increase in size is observed, so an infiltrated painless swelling of burgundy color gradually forms. This swelling goes away after a few weeks and heals to a small scab.

Chancroid is one of the most dangerous infections that develops when an infection enters a weakened body, most often through wounds. The chancre takes the form of a painful ulcer. It may appear on the lips and tongue, in the reproductive system or on the eyelids. Most often, chancre occurs at an advanced stage of the disease (syphilis), when the infection has already spread to all