What are the symptoms of vaginal herpes in women?

I believe everyone knows that genital herpes is a notorious sexually transmitted disease. Once infected, patients will suffer great harm, especially female patients. So what are the symptoms of herpes in women? What should I pay attention to?

Symptoms of genital herpes in women

Female infections are often seen in the labia majora and minora, clitoris, mons pubis, cervix, and sometimes in the urethral opening. Many women with genital herpes infection experience no symptoms or only mild discomfort in the genital area. Some patients develop herpes (small blisters) or ulcers around the vagina, which may even extend into the vagina. These ulcers are often painful and are often accompanied by redness and swelling of the genital area (vulva). Many women experience pain when urinating, which they may mistake for a bladder infection until they discover an ulcer. In the early stages of the disease, ulcers last for as little as a week, but usually last for 2-3 weeks. When the old ulcers begin to heal, new ulcers begin to appear. The lymph nodes in the groin may also become painful and swollen. During the first week of the illness, flu-like symptoms may appear, such as fever, headache, or body aches.

Some female patients may experience symptoms such as low fever, chills, abdominal pain, nausea, and swollen inguinal lymph nodes, and occasionally may also suffer from cervicitis and metritis. In addition, symptoms of genital herpes in women may also be accompanied by complications, such as fever, general malaise, headache, stiff neck, meningitis, and sacral nervous system dysfunction. When genital herpes affects the lips, it can cause herpes simplex labialis.

After the first treatment, relapses usually occur several times within a year, but the pain is less than the first attack, the contagiousness is reduced, and the duration is reduced by half. Before the sores appear, the skin around the genitals may feel itchy, tingling, or burning for about two days. Some women experience frequent attacks, while others may have an attack once a month.

Experts say that since genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus, it is mainly transmitted through sexual contact. Therefore, female friends should avoid promiscuous sex and keep themselves clean in their daily lives to avoid disease invasion and serious consequences. Once you are sick, timely treatment is the key. Because it is a disease caused by a virus, the key to treatment is to eliminate the virus. If the virus is not eliminated, genital herpes can easily recur. Beijing Medi Dermatology and Venereology Hospital uses scientific treatments that can penetrate deep into the areas where the virus is hiding and kill viruses at deep levels, thus achieving permanent results.