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Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the mouth, lips, tongue, genitals or rectum. These blisters can be quite painful. The first outbreak usually occurs within two weeks after the virus is transmitted. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take up to two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically, another outbreak can appear a few weeks or months after the first, but it is almost always less severe and shorter than the first outbreak. People who are diagnosed during a first outbreak of HSV often have several more outbreaks in the first year. Although the virus stays in the body indefinitely, the number of outbreaks tends (tend) to decrease over time. Many individuals who have HSV outbreaks mistake the blisters for insect bites or other minor skin irritations, which is one reason why the virus is transmitted so frequently. Other signs and symptoms during the primary episode may include a second crop of sores and flu-like symptoms, including fever and swollen glands. Anonymous HIV and STD testing, for more details: Herpes Risk Profile
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