What happens when someone has an outbreak of genital herpes?
With recurrent genital herpes, symptoms can come and go. When symptoms appear from time to time, it is called a herpes outbreak. Between outbreaks, when the virus is not present on the skin surface, the herpes virus is inactive and when reactivated, it travels to the skin in the genital area. An outbreak usually begins with a warning prodrome. Then, redness, bumps, and blisters may appear. The blisters can burst open and cause sores. There may be just one blister or several.
