Painful versus painless genital ulcers
Painless Syphilis, Painful Chancroid and Herpes
Quick bedside separation of ulcer types.
LGV and granuloma inguinale are less typically painful and are not covered.
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Painless Syphilis, Painful Chancroid and Herpes. It helps you recall: Painful versus painless genital ulcers.
Painless, indurated chancre
Painful, soft ulcer with ragged edges
Painful grouped vesicles that ulcerate
Syphilis: Painless, indurated chancre; Chancroid: Painful, soft ulcer with ragged edges; Herpes: Painful grouped vesicles that ulcerate.
It belongs to Sexually transmitted infections in Dermatology.
LGV and granuloma inguinale are less typically painful and are not covered.
Quick bedside separation of ulcer types.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Dermatology question about Sexually transmitted infections.
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