A preliminary study on the related problems of syphilis paleopathology

doi:10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0070

Abstract

Abstract:

In the historical period before the birth of antibiotics, the treponematosis spread to the old and new continents, which is an incurable sexually transmitted disease in humans before immune deficiency syndrome. Treponematosis can be divided into four diseases: syphilis, endemic syphilis, yaws, and pinta. All three diseases except pinta can cause specific infection of bone and eventually cause special changes in bone morphology. Considering that there are no scholars in China to study the bone degeneration caused by syphilis, this paper expounds the identification standard and origin of syphilis by combing the paleopathology research results of syphilis abroad.

Key words: Syphilis, Treponemiasis, caries sicea, paleopathology, disease transmission

CLC Number:

Q983

ZHOU Yawei, GAO Guoshuai. A preliminary study on the related problems of syphilis paleopathology[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2022, 41(01): 157-168.

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	品他病Pinta	雅司病Yaws	地方性梅毒 Endemic syphilis	性病梅毒Venereal syphilis
病原体pathogen	品他密螺旋体	苍白密螺旋体极细亚种	苍白密螺旋体地方亚种	苍白密螺旋体苍白亚种
地理分布Geographical distribution	中南美洲的土著人口	非洲、南美洲、加勒比海、东南亚的温暖潮湿的热带地区和一些太平洋岛屿	中东、波斯尼亚、保加利亚和博茨瓦纳的农村以及非洲的萨赫勒地区	全球分布（人口集中的地区）
古病理特征Paleopathological features	不涉及骨骼	骨膜骨炎累及长骨和手足部的骨骼,表现为手指的多指炎和上颌鼻突肥厚性骨炎。鼻骨增殖性骨膜炎和“马刀胫(saber shin)”	骨骼和软骨受严重的破坏,特别是鼻子和腭部。肢骨可能呈现与雅司相同的骨膜炎	颅顶骨干性骨疽(caries sicca),面部骨骼尤其鼻骨受损,肢骨骨膜炎及骨髓炎累及长骨或手足部骨骼,关节受损呈现“夏科氏关节(charcot joint)”,胫骨中“马刀胫(saber shin)”常见

	品他病Pinta	雅司病Yaws	地方性梅毒 Endemic syphilis	性病梅毒Venereal syphilis
病原体pathogen	品他密螺旋体	苍白密螺旋体极细亚种	苍白密螺旋体地方亚种	苍白密螺旋体苍白亚种
地理分布Geographical distribution	中南美洲的土著人口	非洲、南美洲、加勒比海、东南亚的温暖潮湿的热带地区和一些太平洋岛屿	中东、波斯尼亚、保加利亚和博茨瓦纳的农村以及非洲的萨赫勒地区	全球分布（人口集中的地区）
古病理特征Paleopathological features	不涉及骨骼	骨膜骨炎累及长骨和手足部的骨骼,表现为手指的多指炎和上颌鼻突肥厚性骨炎。鼻骨增殖性骨膜炎和“马刀胫(saber shin)”	骨骼和软骨受严重的破坏,特别是鼻子和腭部。肢骨可能呈现与雅司相同的骨膜炎	颅顶骨干性骨疽(caries sicca),面部骨骼尤其鼻骨受损,肢骨骨膜炎及骨髓炎累及长骨或手足部骨骼,关节受损呈现“夏科氏关节(charcot joint)”,胫骨中“马刀胫(saber shin)”常见