Despite its sweet-sounding name, the “Venus Necklace” is a symptom of a very serious disease - syphilis, the most commonly sexually transmitted disease. All its manifestations on the skin are called syphilis. A person can become infected through syphilis that are not covered on top of the skin. The course of the disease is very long. He distinguishes between incubation (about 1 month), primary (about 6 months), secondary (up to 15 years) and tertiary periods. With this disease, damage to the internal organs, joints, bones, and nervous system occurs.
Venus necklaces are numerous depigmented spots located in the neck and shoulders that are syphilitic leukoderma. It is a sign of a secondary period of syphilis. Venus necklace appears 6-7 months after infection with advanced disease. It is preceded by a “hard chancre” - the first sign of a disease that occurs at the sites of infection in the body (oral cavity, genitals). Chancre - a compacted, painless ulcer that disappears within 3-6 weeks after the appearance. If timely treatment is not carried out at this stage, the disease will progress rapidly, and characteristic spots will appear after a few months. The necklace of Venus is localized on the side and back of the neck. It has the appearance of a rash consisting of numerous bright round spots about 1 cm in diameter, which are surrounded by darker skin. This subtle rash does not hurt, so many people do not notice it.
In contrast to the initial period of syphilis, which can be treated with certain penicillin drugs, the Venus necklace (secondary period) that appears indicates the need for a more powerful treatment, in which injections of penicillin-containing drugs are given over the course of a month. Only after a complete cure and a long observation by the doctor of the patient is it possible to remove a person from the register. If a patient with syphilis during the illness had sexual intercourse, all his partners should undergo appropriate treatment.
There are many diseases whose symptoms are red spots on the neck. They can be a natural or functional reaction of the body in certain diseases and environmental conditions. If the spots that appear do not go away for several days, itch and flake severely, you should immediately contact an allergist and dermatologist. Such spots can appear with infectious diseases, allergies, hepatitis, annular erythema, urticaria, meningitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic eczema and many others.
To establish a diagnosis, you may need not only an examination, but also a series of tests. Most often, skin rashes pass only after the cure of the underlying disease. Self-medication of red spots of unknown nature is not effective and extremely dangerous, since the main reason for their appearance can remain untreated and will progress further.
Often red spots appear on the neck after drinking alcohol. In this case, the consultation of the therapist is also necessary, since such a symptom may indicate liver problems and metabolic disorders.
Another unpleasant manifestation of a violation of the proper functioning of the human body are age spots on the neck. With abnormalities in the functioning of the endocrine glands (genital glands, adrenal glands), with diseases of the biliary tract and liver, prolonged intoxication with various chronic infections (malaria, tuberculosis), an excessive amount of melanin (dark pigment) accumulates on the neck, face, hands. Such spots appear when the vitamin balance and metabolism are disturbed, the pituitary gland tumors, the base disease, as well as after prolonged use of certain medications: quinine, amidopyrine, silver nitrate, sulfanilamide preparations. In any case, with the appearance of age spots on the neck, you should consult a doctor who can find out the cause of their appearance and prescribe the necessary treatment. A single recommendation for anyone with dark spots on their skin is to reduce exposure to direct sunlight.