![]() ![]() You may have some or all of the following: ![]() If you do get signs or symptoms, they usually follow a pattern. Therefore, when you get symptoms it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve only just come into contact with the virus. In other people the virus may be in the body for several weeks, months or possibly years before any signs or symptoms appear. ![]() Some people will get symptoms within 4–5 days of coming into contact with the virus. Many people will not have any visible signs or symptoms at all, or not be aware of them. In some people the virus can become active again from time to time and cause further outbreaks of genital herpes – known as recurrent outbreaks. The virus then becomes dormant (inactive) and remains in the body where you were infected. Following an infection by the Herpes simplex virus some people will experience an outbreak of genital herpes. The virus enters the body through small cracks in the skin or through the moist soft lining (mucous membranes) of the mouth, vagina, rectum, urethra (tube where urine comes out) and under the foreskin. Both types can infect the genital and anal area (genital herpes) and also the mouth and nose (cold sores) and fingers and hand (whitlows). Genital herpes is caused by the virus Herpes simplex (HSV). There were 508 episodes (first infections and recurrent infections) of genital herpes diagnosed in Northern Ireland GUM clinics in 2015. Genital Herpes is an infection caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) which can be passed through sexual contact and sometimes skin to skin contact. ![]()
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