Overview

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.

Causes

Genital herpes is caused by two types of herpes simplex virus. These types include herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). People with HSV infections can pass along the virus even when they have no visible symptoms.

HSV-2

HSV-2 is the most common cause of genital herpes. The virus can be present:

• On blisters and ulcers or the fluid from ulcers
• The moist lining or fluids of the mouth
• The moist lining or fluids of the vagina or rectum

The virus moves from one person to another during sexual activity(HSV 1 and HSV 2)

HSV-1

HSV-1 is a version of the virus that causes cold sores or fever blisters. People may be exposed to HSV-1 as children due to close skin-to-skin contact with someone infected.

A person with HSV-1 in tissues of the mouth can pass the virus to the genitals of a sexual partner during oral sex. The newly caught infection is a genital herpes infection.

Recurrent outbreaks of genital herpes caused by HSV-1 are often less frequent than outbreaks caused by HSV-2.

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

Complications

• Other sexually transmitted infections. Having genital sores raises your risk of giving or getting other STIs, including HIV/AIDS.
• Newborn infection. A baby can be infected with HSV during delivery. Newborns with HSV often have infections of internal organs or the nervous system. Even with treatment, these newborns have a high risk of developmental or physical problems and a risk of death.
• Internal inflammatory disease. HSV infection can cause swelling and inflammation within the organs associated with sexual activity and urination. These include the ureter, rectum, vagina, cervix and uterus.
• Eye infection. HSV infection of the eye can cause pain, sores, blurred vision and blindness.
• Swelling of the brain. Rarely, HSV infection leads to inflammation and swelling of the brain, also called encephalitis.

How HSV diagnosed

Your health care provider can usually make a diagnosis of genital herpes based on a physical exam and a history of your sexual activity.To confirm a diagnosis,One or more tests of these samples are used to see if you have herpes simplex virus (HSV), infection and show whether the infection is HSV-1 or HSV-2.

• Will ask about your symptoms and medical history
• Will do a physical exam
• Will likely do blood tests, including tests for viral hepatitis (viral load-RNA or DNA viral load quantitative PCR)
• Might do imaging tests, such as an ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI

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