What are the symptoms of the first genital herpes outbreak?
Dr. Stevens: You can experience a herpes rash, which is essentially a cluster of vesicles (liquid bubbles) on a red base. If has affected a moist area, a woman’s vagina for instance, the infection is characterized by ulcerations and not blisters. In women, vagina, urethra, thighs, buttocks, vulva and cervix are targeted by the virus. The blistering caused by genital herpes is quite painful and very contagious. Are there any general symptoms of this condition? Dr. Stevens: Studies suggest that almost 79% of the people suffer from general symptoms of genital herpes that are not very severe and go away for some time. The side effects include headache, muscle aches, fatigue, swelling in the lymph nodes and around 102 degrees of fever. How does first outbreak generally affect women? Dr. Stevens: That’s a good question, because women have 4 times more chance of suffering from an HSV-2 infection as compared to men. The complications and symptoms experienced by women because of the first genit
