What are the symptoms of a herpes infection?
Many people with who have genital herpes either have no symptoms or have such mild symptoms that they don’t notice. Sometimes people mistake the symptoms for something else.. When symptoms do occur, they may last several weeks, then go away and return later. Both the frequency and severity of herpes symptoms vary between individuals. The initial herpes outbreak: In cases where symptoms do appear, the first outbreak of genital herpes usually appears within two to twenty days after transmission. The most common symptom is one or more sores or blisters that appear on the genitals, anus, buttocks or (rarely) elsewhere on the body. These blisters soon break open to become painful sores. The sores usually heal in about two to three weeks, although the virus remains in the body after the sores are gone. During outbreaks, people may also experience the following: * discomfort or pain around the genitals, legs or buttocks * swollen lymph nodes in the groin area * burning or itching while urinat
