The incubation period of genital herpes is generally 2 to 7 days, which means that the patient has a history of unclean sexual life 2 to 7 days ago. The disease is mostly caused by the damage of local mucosa during sexual intercourse, and the herpes virus takes advantage of the opportunity to invade and infect.
The main symptoms of genital herpes are one or more small red blisters in the genital area, often accompanied by itching. The papules quickly turn into small blisters, which form pustules after 3 to 5 days. After breaking, they become eroded, ulcerated, and scabbed, accompanied by pain. The skin lesions may be single or multiple and fused together.
In male patients, herpes often occurs on the glans penis, coronal sulcus, penis, around the anus and at the urethral opening; some patients have lesions outside the genitals, mainly on the lips, fingers, buttocks, thighs, arms, etc.
The disease can usually be cured in about 3 weeks, but it often recurs. The main reason for its recurrence is that the human body does not have permanent immunity to the genital herpes virus. After the primary infection subsides, the virus lurks in the ganglia. When the body's immunity is low, such as certain febrile diseases, excessive fatigue, mood swings, colds, etc., or excessive consumption of spicy and greasy foods, such as drinking, eating chili peppers, eating seafood, etc., it is easy for the latent virus in the body to be stimulated and become ill, resulting in a series of clinical symptoms.
