The symptoms of herpes simplex type 2 (HSV2) disease, or in other words, genital herpes, do not differ much from the symptoms of oral herpes. The only difference is the location of the sores and blisters on the body of the infected person. Instead of the mouth, they appear in the genital area and around the anus, or sometimes on the thigh, both in men and women. These sores and blisters look very similar with those which we may observe in the case of oral herpes. They are filled with clear liquid, too, and they cause unpleasant itching as well. In more severe cases, they can form clusters and make the skin around them swell. And they normally start to dry out and get covered with scabs in several days after the beginning of the outbreak. Then they disappear, as the virus returns to its dormant state.
When the herpes virus is dormant (inactive), the infected person shows no signs of its presence in the system. Unfortunately, the absence of any symptoms of herpes in a person cannot mean that the person is not infected, or has been cured. The herpes infection is incurable, no matter what type of the herpes virus we discuss. Once the virus gets into the body, it never leaves it, no symtoms periods alternating with occasional outbreaks of the disease.
