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Syphillis

Can syphilis be spread from the following.

An infected female with a sore rubbing vagina on someones stomach?
Bare skin to skin?

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When we say "skin to skin", we actually mean mucous membrane to mucous membrane. That messaging just doesn't ring the same, ya know?

The skin on your stomach is too thick for the bacteria to penetrate.

In order to transmit syphilis, she'd have to have a sore present on her vagina, and your mouth, penis or anus would have to come into contact with that sore.
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