Family safety from infection after Syphilis treatment

[concernedEnquirer101]

Dear

Thank you for your great effort!

Me and my wife have taken Pencilin injection for Syphilis at different times, about 18 days apart. I started for secondary Syphilis then later My wife at end of Primary before rash starts. I am worried that there wouldbe reinfection for one or both of us. As such my plan is to do another RPR retest after completing 3 months (after 2 months from now) for both of us. I have 2 questions:

1- Is this is the way to do it, or there is a better advice like earlier testing or ideas?
2- Most importantly how safe our family members (Kids) from all of this? and are there extra care steps we should take concerning infection?

Any input would be very helpful.

Yours

[Life360_Dave]

When a person tests positive for syphilis the take a second test to confirm. If the second test was not done you both may not have syphilis but bottom line if there were no active chancre sores it cannot reinfect.

[concernedEnquirer101]

yes we had the second confirmation tests

[Life360_Dave]

Hi how were both of you diagnosed with syphilis? The way it works is after a second test if the first comes out positive medication is taken to cure it and another test would be recommended after treatment to confirm its gone.

[concernedEnquirer101]

I was diagnosed first with secondary syphilis on 22 sep and took the penicillin injection then my wife also tested positive on 9oct (after 17 days) at what seems to be end of her first stage of Syphilis so she also took the injection.

We had only one intimate relation after 7 days of my injection while she was still having it.

It is this that triggered my concern of reinfection, even though of what I know now of slow absorption of Pencillin G 2.4 million units IM injection which takes more than a week being effective and covering that intimate event.

Your view?