Symptoms of Genital herpes

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Within a week of contact with an infected person, a red, painful rash appears on the genitals or nearby. The rash soon blisters, and the blisters burst, releasing fluid. This is full of new virus particles, so this is the infectious stage of the illness, when it can be passed to another person. There is a risk of passing it on from when the rash appears through to when the last blister has burst, scabbed and dried.

During this active infection phase, the person usually feels feverish, unwell and exhausted. Lymph glands in the groin enlarge and become sore.