Symptoms of herpes on the glans penis

Balanus herpes, also known as genital herpes, is a relatively common sexually transmitted disease. It poses a great threat to men's health and can easily be transmitted to their sexual partners through sexual intercourse. When glans herpes occurs, the symptoms are also quite obvious, often causing small blisters to appear around the genitals and anus, which can form erosions and lead to ulcers. Patients will experience severe pain and may also develop some systemic symptoms.

Symptoms of herpes on the glans penis

1. Initial onset of genital herpes

Initial genital herpes is divided into primary genital herpes and non-primary initial genital herpes. The former is the first time that HSV is infected and the symptoms appear are primary genital herpes. His condition is relatively serious. Some patients who have had HSV-1 infection in the past (mainly oral or facial herpes) are reinfected with HSV-2 and experience a first attack of genital herpes. This is non-primary initial genital herpes and the condition is relatively mild.

2. Recurrent genital herpes

After the primary skin lesions subside, the rash will recur. Recurrent genital herpes has milder systemic symptoms and skin lesions than primary one, and the course of the disease is shorter. (1) There is a local burning sensation, tingling sensation or abnormal sensation before the rash appears. (2) Clusters of small blisters appear around the external genitalia or anus, which quickly rupture to form erosions or shallow ulcers, with relatively mild symptoms. (3) The course of disease is 7 to 10 days. The prevention of genital herpes has its own characteristics, and emphasis should be placed on consultation and health education. (1) Emphasize that patients should inform their sexual partners of their condition, obtain their understanding and cooperation, avoid sexual contact when prodromal symptoms or skin lesions appear, or better use barrier contraceptive measures to reduce the risk of HSV transmission to sexual partners; (2) Promote barrier contraceptive measures such as condoms. Condoms can reduce the risk of genital herpes transmission, but sexual intercourse when lesions appear may still cause HSV sexual transmission even if condoms are used; (3) Changing sexual behavior, avoiding extramarital sex, and eliminating multiple sexual partners are fundamental measures to prevent genital herpes.