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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Most People Infected With Don't Know They Have It


Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI). The herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes genital herpes. Genital herpes can often be spread by skin-to-skin contact during sexual activity.

Some people infected with the virus may have very mild symptoms or no symptoms. They can still able to spread the virus. Other people have pain, itching and sores around the genitals, anus or mouth.

There is no cure for genital herpes. Symptoms often show up again after the first outbreak. Medicine can ease symptoms. It also lowers the risk of infecting others. Condoms can help prevent the spread of a genital herpes infection.

Most people infected with HSV don't know they have it. They may have no symptoms or have very mild symptoms.

Symptoms start about 2 to 12 days after exposure to the virus. They may include:

  • Pain or itching around the genitals
  • Small bumps or blisters around the genitals, anus or mouth
  • Painful ulcers that form when blisters rupture and ooze or bleed
  • Scabs that form as the ulcers heal
  • Painful urination
  • Discharge from the urethra, the tube that releases urine from the body
  • Discharge from the vagina

During the first outbreak, you may commonly have flu-like symptoms such as:

  • Fever
  • Headache
  • Body aches
  • Swollen lymph nodes in the groin

Differences in symptom location

Sores appear where the infection enters the body. You can spread the infection by touching a sore and then rubbing or scratching another area of your body. That includes your fingers or eyes.

Sore can develop on or in the:

  • Buttocks
  • Thighs
  • Rectum
  • Anus
  • Mouth
  • Urethra
  • Vulva
  • Vagina
  • Cervix
  • Penis
  • Scrotum

After the first outbreak of genital herpes, symptoms often appear again. These are called recurrent outbreaks or recurrent episodes.

How often recurrent outbreaks happen varies widely. You'll usually have the most outbreaks the first year after infection. 

They may appear less often over time. Your symptoms during recurrent outbreaks usually don't last as long and aren't as severe as the first.

You may have warning signs a few hours or days before a new outbreak starts. These are called prodromal symptoms. They include:

  • Genital pain
  • Tingling or shooting pain in the legs, hips or buttocks

Genital herpes outbreaks usually look like a cluster of itchy or painful blisters filled with fluid. They may be different sizes and appear in different places. The blisters break or turn into sores that bleed or ooze a whitish fluid.

A common sexually transmitted infection marked by genital pain and sores.

Caused by the herpes simplex virus, the disease can affect both men and women.
Pain, itching and small sores appear first. 

They form ulcers and scabs. After initial infection, genital herpes lies dormant in the body. Symptoms can recur for years.
Medication can be used to manage outbreaks.
Very common

Over1.5 million cases per year in Nigeria
Spreads by sexual contact
Treatment can help, but this condition can't be cured
Chronic: can last for years or be lifelong
Usually self-diagnosable
Lab tests or imaging often required
HOW IT SPREADS
By having unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
By mother to baby by pregnancy, labor, or nursing.

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